Konstantinos Tasoulas Explained

Konstantinos Tasoulas
Office:Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament
Term Start:18 July 2019
President:Prokopis Pavlopoulos
Katerina Sakellaropoulou
Predecessor:Nikos Voutsis
Office1:Minister of Culture and Sports
Primeminister1:Antonis Samaras
Term Start1:10 June 2014
Term End1:27 January 2015
Predecessor1:Panos Panagiotopoulos
Office2:Deputy Minister of National Defence
Primeminister2:Kostas Karamanlis
Term Start2:19 September 2007
Term End2:7 October 2009
Predecessor2:
Office3:Mayor of Kifissia
Term Start3:1995
Term End3:1998
Office4:Member of the Hellenic Parliament
Term Start4:April 9, 2000
Constituency4:Ioannina
Birth Date:17 July 1959
Birth Place:Ioannina, Kingdom of Greece
Party:New Democracy
Alma Mater:National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Konstantinos Tasoulas (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Κωνσταντίνος Τασούλας; born 17 July 1959) is a Greek politician and lawyer, serving as Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament from 18 July 2019.[1] A member of the New Democracy, he is a Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Ioannina from 2000.

He has also served as Minister of Culture and Sports, Deputy Minister of National Defence, and Mayor of Kifissia.

Biography

Tasoulas was born in Ioannina, Greece on July 17, 1959. He studied at the Athens Law School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and earned a law degree in 1981.

He also worked as a lawyer in Athens and London, while from 1981 to 1990 he was special secretary of Evangelos Averoff, before being elected mayor of Kifissia.

He holds the record of the Speaker of the Parliament with the most votes; having been elected with a record 283 votes "for"(ND, Syriza, KINAL, EL, MeRA25), 15 votes "present" (KKE) and two abstentions (Dimitris Tzanakopoulos and Effie Achtsioglou). It was also the first time a Speaker of the Parliament was elected by open ballot.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tasoulas elected Parliament Speaker with broad, five-party backing. ΤοΒΗΜΑ. Team. 17 July 2019. Ειδήσεις - νέα - Το Βήμα Online.
  2. Web site: Election of Mr.Konstantinos Tasoulas in the position of the Speaker of the Parliament. Vouliwatch (in Greek). 18 July 2019 .