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.jpg) Tasoulas in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| President of Greece | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 13 March 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Kyriakos Mitsotakis | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1959-07-17)17 July 1959 (age 66) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | New Democracy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Fani Stathopoulou | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence(s) | Presidential Mansion,Athens | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Konstantinos Tasoulas (Greek:Κωνσταντίνος Τασούλας[konstaˈdinostaˈsulas]; born 17 July 1959) is aGreekpolitician and lawyer who has served as thepresident of Greece since 13 March 2025. He previously served asPresident of the Hellenic Parliament from 2019 to 2025.[1] A member of theNew Democracy party, he was previously anMP forIoannina from 2000 to 2025. He also briefly served as theMinister of Culture and Sports from 2014 to 2015 during theAntonis Samaras government.
Tasoulas was born in Ioannina, Greece on 17 July 1959. He studied at theAthens Law School ofNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens, earning hislaw degree in 1981. He worked as a lawyer in Athens and London.[2]
Joining theNew Democracy party from early on, he served from 1981 until 1990 as special secretary of veteran politicianEvangelos Averoff's office. In 1990, he was elected municipal councilor, then in 1994 mayor, οf theKifissia borough of Athens.[3] In 1990, he was appointed head of the Organization of Export Support, where he served until 1993.[4]
In 2000, he was electedMP forIoannina, a position he held through all subsequent elections continuously.[2] 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.[3]
Following the2019 Greek parliamentary election, Tasoulas was electedPresident of the Hellenic Parliament, with a record of 283 votes in favor, from the governmentND party, as well as the opposition parties ofSyriza,KINAL,EL, andMeRA25, with theCommunist Party of Greece submitting a notion of 15 "present" voters, and two abstentions (byDimitris Tzanakopoulos andEffie Achtsioglou). It was also the first time a Speaker of the Parliament was elected byopen ballot.[5]
In January 2025, Prime MinisterKyriakos Mitsotakis submitted to the Parliament for approval the candidacy of Tasoulas for the office of theGreek Presidency. Tasoulas accepted the nomination, which was met with criticism from the opposition.[6] After four rounds of voting in the2025 Greek presidential election, he was elected by Parliament on 12 February 2025, after winning the votes 160 of 300 MPs.[7][8] He was sworn in on 13 March 2025.[9]
Tasoulas is married to Fani Stathopoulou and they have two children.[10]
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| Preceded by Michalis Kanakakis | Mayor ofKifissia 1995–1998 | Succeeded by Vassilis Varsos |
| Preceded by | Minister of Culture and Sports 2014–2015 | Succeeded byas Minister of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs |
| Preceded by | Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament 2019–2025 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | President of Greece 2025–present | Incumbent |
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| First | Order of precedence of Greece President of the Republic | Succeeded byas Prime Minister |
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