Konstantinos Tasoulas

Konstantinos Tasoulas
Κωνσταντίνος Τασούλας
Tasoulas in 2019
Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office
18 July 2019
Preceded byNikos Voutsis
Minister of Culture and Sports
In office
10 June 2014 – 27 January 2015
Prime MinisterAntonis Samaras
Preceded byPanos Panagiotopoulos
Succeeded byAristides Baltas (Culture, Education and Religious Affairs)
Mayor of Kifissia
In office
1995–1998
Member of the Hellenic Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office
April 9, 2000
ConstituencyIoannina
Personal details
Born (1959-07-17) 17 July 1959 (age 65)
Ioannina, Kingdom of Greece
Political partyNew Democracy
Alma materNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Konstantinos Tasoulas (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Τασούλας; born 17 July 1959) is a Greek politician and lawyer, serving as President 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]

References

  1. ^ Team, ΤοΒΗΜΑ (17 July 2019). "Tasoulas elected Parliament Speaker with broad, five-party backing". Ειδήσεις - νέα - Το Βήμα Online.
  2. ^ "Election of Mr.Konstantinos Tasoulas in the position of the Speaker of the Parliament". Vouliwatch (in Greek). 18 July 2019.
Political offices
Preceded by
Michalis Kanakakis
 Mayor of Kifissia
1995–1998 		Succeeded by
Vassilis Varsos
Preceded by Minister of Culture and Sports
2014–2015 		Succeeded byas Minister of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs
Preceded by Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament
2019–present 		Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded byas Prime Minister Order of precedence of Greece
Speaker of the Parliament 		Succeeded byas Archbishop of Athens and All Greece


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