Tasos Kourakis

Tasos Kourakis
MP
Τάσος Κουράκης
Deputy Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament
Assumed office
4 October 2015
Preceded by Alexis Mitropoulos
Alternate Minister of Education
In office
27 January 2015 – 28 August 2015
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras
Preceded by Andreas Loverdos as Minister for Education and Religious Affairs
Personal details
Born 1948 (1948) (age 70)
Thessaloniki, Greece
Political party Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza)
Alma mater Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Profession pediatrician, geneticist

Anastasios ("Tasos") Kourakis (Greek: Αναστάσιος (Τάσος) Κουράκης; born 1948 in Thessaloniki) is a Greek pediatrician, geneticist and politician of the Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza). Since January 2015 he has been serving 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.

References

  1. ↑ Δεκαέξι «σκιώδεις υπουργούς» έχρισε ο Τσίπρας [Tsipras appoints 16 shadow ministers]. Ethnos (in Greek). 3 July 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
Political offices
Preceded by
Andreas Loverdos		 Alternate Minister of Education
since 27 January 2015		 Incumbent


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