| Panagiotis Kouroumblis | |
| Native Name: | Παναγιώτης Κουρουμπλής |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
| Office: | Minister of Shipping and Island Policy |
| Primeminister: | Alexis Tsipras |
| Term Start: | 5 November 2016 |
| Term End: | 28 August 2018 |
| Predecessor: | Thodoris Dritsas |
| Successor: | Fotis Kouvelis |
| Office1: | Minister of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction |
| Primeminister1: | Alexis Tsipras |
| Term Start1: | 23 September 2015 |
| Term End1: | 5 November 2016 |
| Predecessor1: | Antonis Manitakis |
| Successor1: | Panos Skourletis |
| Office2: | Minister for Health and Social Security |
| Primeminister2: | Alexis Tsipras |
| Term Start2: | 27 January 2015 |
| Term End2: | 28 August 2015 |
| Predecessor2: | Makis Voridis |
| Successor2: | Athanasios Dimopoulos |
| Birth Date: | 2 October 1951 |
| Birth Place: | Matsouki, Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece |
| Spouse: | Eleni Kotsopoulou |
| Children: | Two (Katerina, Lefteris) |
| Party: | SYRIZA (2012–present) Unitary Front (2011–2012) PASOK (2009–2011) |
| Profession: | Lawyer |
Panagiotis Kouroumblis (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Παναγιώτης Κουρουμπλής; born 2 October 1951) is a Greek politician of Syriza. On 27 January 2015 he was appointed the Minister for Health and Social Solidarity in the First Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras.[1] On 23 September 2015, he became the Minister of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction in the Second Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras.
Blinded at age 10 from the explosion of a German hand-grenade, a remnant of World War II, Kouroumblis took part in a number of student campaigns, and eventually became the leader of a "social uprising" of the blind. He is a founding member of the World Blind Union and worked more generally in the areas of children protection, care for the elderly and people with disabilities.[2]
In 1996 parliamentary election, Kouroumblis became the first blind Member of the Hellenic Parliament. He was reelected in 2000 and again in 2009. In 2011, he left Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) to found the anti-austerity Unitary Movement that in 2013 ultimately merged into Syriza.
Following Syriza's victory in the January 2015 legislative election, he was appointed Minister for Health and Social Solidarity, becoming the first disabled person to take any public office at the national government level in Greece.[1]