LARNAKA CONSTITUENCY,

2006-2013  (He resigned as Member of the House of Representatives upon his appointment as Minister.) 

Personal info:

Place of origin and date of birth:
Larnaka, 30 May 1965.

Marital status:
Married to Katerina Vati; has one son and one daughter.

Studies:
Law (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens).

Profession:
Professional executive of DISY.

Foreign languages:
English, French.

Parliamentary tenure / activity:

Representative of Larnaka constituency under the banner of DISY 2006-2013.

Was:  

Deputy Chairman of the House Standing Committee on Legal Affairs.
  
  Parliamentary Spokesman of DISY.
  Member of the Committee of Selection.
  Member of the House Standing Committee on Legal Affairs, of the Ad Hoc House Committee on Rules of Procedure and full member of the Special House Committee on Declaration and Examination of Financial Interests.

  Member of the delegation of the House to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM).

Political career:

 Member of the DISY Youth Organisation (NEDISY) (1978-2000).
 Vice-chairman and General Secretary of the Youth Organisation of the European People’s Party (EPP) (1989-1993).
 Special Advisor to the Hellenic Foreign Ministry (1989-1993).
 Director of Dimitris Avramopoulos’ Office (1993-1995).
 Director of the Office of the President of DISY (1997-2005).
 Spokesman of DISY (1999-2008).
 DISY Commissioner for European Affairs and Secretary of the Party’s Political Planning.
 Head of the Middle East Observatory of the European People’s Party.
 Member of the DISY Executive Bureau and of the DISY Political Bureau.