Konstantinos Tasoulas

Κωνσταντίνος ΤασούλαςSpeaker of the Hellenic ParliamentAssumed office
18 July 2019PresidentProkopis Pavlopoulos
Katerina SakellaropoulouPreceded byNikos VoutsisMinister of Culture and SportsIn office
10 June 2014 – 27 January 2015Prime MinisterAntonis SamarasPreceded byPanos PanagiotopoulosSucceeded byAristides Baltas (Culture, Education and Religious Affairs)Deputy Minister of National DefenceIn office
19 September 2007 – 7 October 2009Prime MinisterKostas KaramanlisPreceded byYannis Lambropoulos [el]
Vassilis Michaloliakos [el]Succeeded byPanagiotis Beglitis (as Alternate Minister of National Defence)Mayor of KifissiaIn office
1995–1998Member of the Hellenic ParliamentAssumed office
April 9, 2000ConstituencyIoannina Personal detailsBorn (1959-07-17) 17 July 1959 (age 64)
Ioannina, Kingdom of GreecePolitical partyNew DemocracyAlma materNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens

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

Political offices
Preceded by Michalis Kanakakis	Mayor of Kifissia 1995–1998	Succeeded by Vassilis Varsos
Preceded by Yannis Lambropoulos [el] together with Vassilis Michaloliakos [el]	Deputy Minister of National Defence 2007–2009	Succeeded by Panagiotis Beglitis as Alternate Minister of National Defence
Preceded by Panos Panagiotopoulos	Minister of Culture and Sports 2014–2015	Succeeded by Aristides Baltas as Minister of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs
Preceded by Nikos Voutsis	Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament 2019–present	Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded by Kyriakos Mitsotakis as Prime Minister	Order of precedence of Greece Speaker of the Parliament	Succeeded by Ieronymos II as Archbishop of Athens and All Greece