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Konstantinos Kosths Ioanni Chatzidakis
Member of Parliament Athens B1 Constituency (North)
Personal Info
- Place and Date οf Birth:
- Born in Rethymno, Crete, on 1965.
- Studies:
- He studied law at the University of Athens and continued his studies at the University of Kent, where he
obtained a Master’s Degree in Communication and Image Studies.
- Foreign Languages:
- English and French.
Parliamentary Activities
He has been elected as a member of the Greek Parliament three times (September 2007, October 2009,
May/June 2012).
Political/Social Activities
Currently, he is the Minister of Development. From June 2012 to June 2013 he was Minister of
Development and Infrastructure. During 2007-2009 he was Minister of Transport and Communications and
Minister of Development. He was Member of the European Parliament with the New Democracy Party (1994
- 2007). In the European Parliament he was Chairman of the Committee on Transport and Regional Policy
for two and a half years and Parliamentary Representative of the European Peoplesʼ Party on the same
Committee. Before his election as a Member of the European Parliament, he was General Secretary of the
student association DAP-NDFK and President of ONNED (The youth association for New Democracy party).
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