Evangelos Apostolou Explained

Evangelos Apostolou
Native Name:Βαγγέλης Αποστόλου
Native Name Lang:el
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office:Minister of Agricultural Development and Food
Primeminister:Alexis Tsipras
Term Start:23 September 2015
Term End:28 August 2018
Successor:Stavros Arachovitis
Office1:Alternate Minister of Agricultural Development and Food
Primeminister1:Alexis Tsipras
Term Start1:27 January 2015
Term End1:28 August 2015
Predecessor1:Giorgos Karasmanis as Minister of Rural Development and Food
Birth Date:28 May 1949
Birth Place:Pappades, near Agia Anna, Euboea, Greece
Party:Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza)
Alma Mater:Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Evangelos Apostolou (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Βαγγέλης Αποστόλου; born 28 May 1949 on the island of Euboea) is a Greek Syriza politician who served as the Minister of Agricultural Development and Food in the Second Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras from September 2015 to August 2018. From January to August 2015, he served as the Alternate Minister of Agricultural Development and Food in the First Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras.

Early life and education

Born 1949 in Pappades, near Agia Anna, Euboea, Apostolou studied forestry at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

Political career

As a member of Synaspismos, Apostolou has been a Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Euboea in the 1996–2000 period and served as a member of Synaspismos' Political Secretariat from 2004 until 2010.[1]

Following his party into the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA), he was elected again in the May 2012 and June 2012 elections and named Syriza's shadow minister of rural development in July 2012.[2] After the January 2015 legislative election, Apostolou was appointed Deputy Minister of Agricultural Development and Food.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Evangelos Apostolou. Hellenic Parliament. 30 January 2015.
  2. News: el:Δεκαέξι «σκιώδεις υπουργούς» έχρισε ο Τσίπρας. Tsipras appoints 16 shadow ministers. Ethnos. http://www.ethnos.gr/article.asp?pubid=63679807. 3 July 2012. 30 January 2015. el.