Konstantinos Tasoulas facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Konstantinos Tasoulas
Κωνσταντίνος Τασούλας
Tasoulas in 2019
President-elect of Greece
Assuming office 13 March 2025
Prime Minister	Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Succeeding	Katerina Sakellaropoulou
Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament
In office 18 July 2019 – 16 January 2025
Preceded by	Nikos Voutsis
Succeeded by	Nikitas Kaklamanis
Member of the Hellenic Parliament
In office 9 April 2000 – 16 January 2025
Constituency	Ioannina
Other political offices Minister of Culture and Sports In office 10 June 2014 – 27 January 2015 Prime Minister Antonis Samaras Preceded by Panos Panagiotopoulos Succeeded by Aristides Baltas (Culture, Education and Religious Affairs) Mayor of Kifissia In office 1 January 1995 – 31 December 1998 Preceded by Michalis Kanakakis Succeeded by Vasilios Varsos
Personal details
Born	(1959-07-17) 17 July 1959 (age 65) Ioannina, Kingdom of Greece
Political party	New Democracy
Spouse	Fani Stathopoulou
Children	2
Alma mater	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Occupation	Lawyer • Politician

Konstantinos Tasoulas (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Τασούλας; born 17 July 1959) is a Greek politician and lawyer who is the President-elect of Greece. He previously served as President of the Hellenic Parliament from 2019 to 2025. A member of the New Democracy party, he has been an MP for Ioannina from 2000 to 2025. He also briefly served as the Minister of Culture and Sports from 2014 to 2015 during the Antonis Samaras government.

Early life

Tasoulas was born in Ioannina, Greece on 17 July 1959. He studied at the Athens Law School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, earning his law degree in 1981. He worked as a lawyer in Athens and London.

Early political career

Joining the New Democracy party from early on, he served from 1981 until 1990 as special secretary of veteran politician Evangelos Averoff's office. In 1990, he was elected at the municipal council οf the Kifissia borough of Athens, of which, in 1994, he was elected mayor.

In 1990, he was appointed head of the Organization of Export Support, where he served until 1993.

Parliamentary career

In 2000, he was elected MP for Ioannina, a position he held through all subsequent elections continuously. In 2006, he was appointed parliamentary representative of the New Democracy party, of which, in 2010, he assumed the position of General Secretary. In 2007, he served as Defense Deputy Minister, while, in the period 2014-15, as Minister for Sports and Culture.

Speakership

Following the 2019 general election, Tasoulas was elected President of the Hellenic Parliament with a record of 283 votes in favor, from the government ND party, as well as the opposition parties of Syriza, KINAL, EL, and MeRA25, with the Communist Party of Greece submitting a notion of 15 "present" voters, and two abstentions (by Dimitris Tzanakopoulos and Effie Achtsioglou). It was also the first time a Speaker of the Parliament was elected by open ballot.

President of Greece

In January 2025, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis submitted to the Parliament for approval the candidacy of Tasoulas for the office of the Greek Presidency. Tasoulas accepted the nomination, which was met with criticism from the opposition. After four rounds of voting, he was elected by the parliament on 12 February 2025, after winning the votes 160 of 300 MPs.

Personal life

Tasoulas is married to Fani Stathopoulou and they have two children.

See also

In Spanish: Konstantinos Tasoulas para niños