Konstantinos Agorastos Explained

Native Name Lang:el
Native Name:Κώστας Αγοραστός
Office:Regional Governor of Thessaly
Term Start:1 January 2011
Term End:31 December 2023
Successor:Dimitrios Kouretas
Office1:Member of the Hellenic Parliament
Term Start1:7 March 2004
Term End1:7 September 2009
Birth Date:1963
Birth Place:Larissa, Greece
Party:New Democracy
Occupation:Politician
Education:University of Piraeus

Konstantinos Agorastos (1963, Larissa, Greece) is a Greek politician, Governor of Thessaly during the period 2011–2023, and previously a Member of Greek Parliament, representing Larissa (2004–09).

Biography

A graduate of the Piraeus School of Industry, he teaches as an associate professor at the University of Macedonia. He holds a PhD from the University of Bradford. He is married to Christina Panagi and they have 2 children.

After the municipal elections of 1998, he was elected as a councillor and president of the Larissa Municipal Council (1999–2004). He was elected as a member of parliament for Larissa in the 2004 and 2007 elections with New Democracy.[1]

He was elected Governor of the Thessaly Region in the 2010 elections with 50.56% of the vote.[2] He took office on 1 January 2011.

In a poll conducted in 2013, he was ranked the second most popular regional governor in Greece.[3] He was elected in January 2011 on 1 January 2011.

In the May 2014 regional elections, he was re-elected as regional governor in the second round.[4]

Agorastos was re-elected regional governor in the 2019 regional elections with 56% of the first round vote.[5] In the 2023 regional elections he lost in the second round to Dimitris Kouretas.

References

  1. Web site: Θητεία στο Κοινοβούλιο . hellenicparliament.gr.
  2. Web site: 2010-11-15 . O Kώστας Αγοραστός πρώτος αιρετός Περιφερειάρχης Θεσσαλίας . epikairotita.info.
  3. Web site: KarditsaLive.Net . 2013-09-15 . 2ος σε δημοτικότητα ο Κώστας Αγοραστός – 15ος ο Κ. Παπαλός σε έρευνα της Kapa Research . 2023-10-12 . www.karditsalive.net . el-gr.
  4. Web site: Epochi . rizospastis gr Synchroni . 2014-05-26 . rizospastis.gr – Τα αποτελέσματα στις Περιφέρειες και σε μεγάλους Δήμους . 2023-10-12 . ΡΙΖΟΣΠΑΣΤΗΣ . el.
  5. Web site: 2019-05-26 . Πρώτος ο Αγοραστός με 55,51% στη Περιφέρεια Θεσσαλίας . 2023-10-12 . GRTimes.gr . el.

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