Tasos Kourakis

Tasos Kourakis
Tasos Kourakis; MP
	Τάσος Κουράκης
Deputy Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament
	In office; 4 October 2015 – 18 July 2019
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 (age 72); 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). From January 2015 until July 2019 he served 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.

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References

Δεκαέξι «σκιώδεις υπουργούς» έχρισε ο Τσίπρας [Tsipras appoints 16 shadow ministers]. Ethnos (in Greek). 3 July 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2015.

External links

Official website (in Greek)
Terms of office of Tasos Kourakis at the Hellenic Parliament (in English)

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[1] Δεκαέξι «σκιώδεις υπουργούς» έχρισε ο Τσίπρας [Tsipras appoints 16 shadow ministers]. Ethnos (in Greek). 3 July 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2015.