Konstantinos Tasoulas

Konstantinos Tasoulas
Κωνσταντίνος Τασούλας
Konstantinos Tasoulas; Κωνσταντίνος Τασούλας
Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 18 July 2019
Preceded by	Nikos Voutsis
Minister of Culture and Sports
	In office; 10 June 2014 – 27 January 2015
Prime Minister	Antonis Samaras
Preceded by	Panos Panagiotopoulos
Succeeded by	Frosso Kiaou; as Minister of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs
Deputy Minister of National Defence
	In office; 19 September 2007 – 7 October 2009
Prime Minister	Kostas Karamanlis
Preceded by	Vasilis Mihaloliakos
Succeeded by	Kostis Spiliopoulos
Mayor of Kifissia
	In office; 1995–1998
Member of the Hellenic Parliament
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2000
Personal details
Born	17 July 1959; Ioannina, Kingdom of Greece
Political party	New Democracy
Alma mater	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Konstantinos Tasoulas (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Τασούλας; born 17 July 1959, Ioannina, Greece) is a Greek politician serving as Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament from 18 July 2019.[1] He has also served as Minister of Culture and Sports, Deputy Minister of National Defence and Mayor of Kifissia.

He also worked as a lawyer in Athens and London, while in 1981-1990 he was special secretary of Evangelos Averoff, before being elected alderman 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

Team, ΤοΒΗΜΑ (17 July 2019). "Tasoulas elected Parliament Speaker with broad, five-party backing". Ειδήσεις - νέα - Το Βήμα Online.
"Election of Mr.Konstantinos Tasoulas in the position of the Speaker of the Parliament". Vouliwatch (in Greek).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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[1] Team, ΤοΒΗΜΑ (17 July 2019). "Tasoulas elected Parliament Speaker with broad, five-party backing". Ειδήσεις - νέα - Το Βήμα Online.

[2] "Election of Mr.Konstantinos Tasoulas in the position of the Speaker of the Parliament". Vouliwatch (in Greek).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)