Tasos Kourakis Explained

Tasos Kourakis
Native Name:Τάσος Κουράκης
Native Name Lang:el
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office1:Deputy Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament
Term Start1:4 October 2015
Term End1:18 July 2019
Predecessor1:Alexis Mitropoulos
Office2:Alternate Minister of Education
Primeminister2:Alexis Tsipras
Term Start2:27 January 2015
Term End2:28 August 2015
Predecessor2:Andreas Loverdos as Minister for Education and Religious Affairs
Birth Date:1948
Birth Place:Thessaloniki, Greece
Death Date:10 October 2021 (aged 73)
Party:Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza)
Profession:Pediatrician, geneticist
Alma Mater:Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Anastasios ("Tasos") Kourakis (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Αναστάσιος (Τάσος) Κουράκης; 1948 − 10 October 2021) was a Greek pediatrician, geneticist and politician of the Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza). From January 2015 until July 2019 he served as Alternate Minister of Education.

Biography

Born 1948 in Thessaloniki, Kourakis studied medicine at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He has been an Associate Professor of Genetics in the Faculty of Medicine of Aristotle University.

In 2002 and 2006, he was elected a member of the municipal council of Thessaloniki heading his list. From 2007 on, Kourakis has been a Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Thessaloniki A on Syriza's list.

Following the June 2012 elections, together with Theano Fotiou he was nominated for the post of education minister in Syriza's Shadow Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras.[1] After the January 2015 legislative election, Kourakis was appointed Alternate Minister of Education.

He died of cancer at the age of 73, on 10 October 2021.[2]

Notes and References

  1. 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.
  2. Web site: 10 October 2021. Πέθανε ο Τάσος Κουράκης, πρώην υπουργός και βουλευτής του ΣΥΡΙΖΑ. 10 October 2021. NewsIT. el.