Konstantinos Kyranakis | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
Office: | Deputy Minister of Digital Governance |
Term Start: | 26 June 2023 |
Office1: | Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Athens B3 |
Term Start1: | 7 July 2019 |
Office2: | Ρresident of the Youth of the European People's Party (YEPP) |
Term Start2: | 2013 |
Term End2: | 2017 |
Predecessor2: | Dömötör Csaba |
Successor2: | Adriano Ianou |
Office3: | Deputy spokesman for New Democracy |
Term Start3: | September 2016 |
Term End3: | January 2019 |
Birth Date: | 19 April 1987 |
Birth Place: | Luxembourg |
Party: | New Democracy |
Nationality: | Greek |
Website: | kyranakis.gr |
Education: | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens American College of Greece |
Native Name Lang: | el |
Konstantinos Kyranakis (el|Κωνσταντίνος Κυρανάκης; born 19 April 1987) is a Greek politician, serving as the current Deputy Minister of Digital Governance for Greece, and as a Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Athens B3, as a member of New Democracy party. He is regarded as a member of the right-wing faction within New Democracy, while some of his views are frequently deemed controversial.[1] [2] [3]
He was born in Luxembourg and raised in Athens and Brussels. He has graduated at the European School of Brussels in 2005, holds a bachelor's degree in Law from the University of Athens and a MA in Strategic Communication from the American College of Greece.
Kyranakis has worked as a digital strategist since 2008. He was the project manager for a part of the digital campaign of Jean-Claude Juncker for President of the European Commission in 2014.[4] and the head of the digital campaign of Kyriakos Mitsotakis for President of New Democracy in 2015.
He is a member of the International Republican Institute, and has co-founded BrainGain, an initiative aiming at reversing brain drain for Greece. Forbes Magazine nominated and selected Kyranakis in the 30 under 30 list for the year 2016.[5]
In 2013, Kyranakis was elected president of the Youth of the European People's Party, Europe's largest political youth organisation with over 1 million members from 40 countries and re-elected in 2015.
He was a candidate for the European Parliament in 2014[6] and was appointed deputy spokesman for New Democracy in 2016.[7]
Kyranakis serving as a Member of the Hellenic Parliament for the South of Athens since July 7, 2019, as a member of New Democracy party[8]
Kyranakis married Eleni Atherinou on August 22, 2020. Besides Greek, he is fluent in English and French.