Kostis Hatzidakis | |
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Κωστής Χατζηδάκης | |
 Hatzidakis in 2024 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Greece | |
| Assumed office 15 March 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Kyriakos Mitsotakis |
| Preceded by | Panagiotis Pikrammenos |
| Minister for the Νational Economy and Finance | |
| In office 27 June 2023 – 15 March 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Kyriakos Mitsotakis |
| Preceded by | Theodore Pelagidis [el] |
| Succeeded by | Kyriakos Pierrakakis |
| Minister for Labor and Social Affairs | |
| In office 5 January 2021 – 26 May 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Kyriakos Mitsotakis |
| Preceded by | Giannis Vroutsis |
| Succeeded by | Patrina Paparrigopoulou |
| Minister for the Environment and Energy | |
| In office 9 July 2019 – 5 January 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Kyriakos Mitsotakis |
| Preceded by | Giorgos Stathakis |
| Succeeded by | Kostas Skrekas |
| Minister for Development and Competitiveness | |
| In office 25 June 2013 – 10 June 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Antonis Samaras |
| Preceded by | himself (Development, Competitiveness, Infrastructure, Transport and Networks) |
| Succeeded by | Nikos Dendias |
| Minister for Development, Competitiveness, Infrastructure, Transport and Networks | |
| In office 21 June 2012 – 25 June 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Antonis Samaras |
| Preceded by | Yannis Stournaras (Development, Competitiveness and Shipping) Simos Simopoulos (Infrastructure, Transport and Networks) |
| Succeeded by | himself (Development and Competitiveness) Michalis Chrisochoidis (Infrastructure, Transport and Networks) |
| Vice President ofNew Democracy | |
| Assumed office 18 January 2016 Serving with Adonis Georgiadis | |
| President | Kyriakos Mitsotakis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1965-04-20)20 April 1965 (age 59) Rethymno, Greece |
| Political party | New Democracy |
| Alma mater | University of Athens (LLB) University of Kent (LLM) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Website | khatzidakis |
Konstantinos (Kostis)Hatzidakis (Greek:Κωνσταντίνος (Κωστής) Χατζηδάκης; born 20 April 1965 inRethymno) is aGreek politician who currently serves asDeputy Prime Minister in theSecond Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis. He also serves as Vice President ofNew Democracy, alongsideAdonis Georgiadis.
He has previously served as a cabinet minister in numerous governments since 2007, with his portfolios including theinfrastructure and transport,development,environment and energy,labor andnational economy and finance ministries.
Hatzidakis was elected President of theYouth Organisation of New Democracy (ONNED), serving from 1992 to 1994.
Hatzidakis was elected as aMember of the European Parliament (MEP) for New Democracy in the European elections of1994,1999 and2004. During his time in parliament from 1994 until 2007, he served on theCommittee on Regional Development. From 2004 until 2005. He was also a member of the Temporary committee on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007–2013. In addition to his committee assignments, he was part of the parliament's delegations to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (1994–1999); to the parliamentary cooperation committees for relations with Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia (1999–2004); and to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee.[1]
In the2007 Greek legislative election, Hatzidakis was elected to theHellenic Parliament for theAthens B constituency and consequently resigned from theEuropean Parliament.[2]
Hatzidakis served asMinister for Transport and Communications from 2007 to 2009 and then asMinister for Development in 2009.
On 15 December 2010, Hatzidakis was ambushed and assaulted by violent rioters during a general strike at the height of theGreek government-debt crisis.[3][4]
In his capacity as energy minister, Hatzidakis was tasked to work on a rescue plan for state-ownedPublic Power Corporation (PPC) which had been struggling with 2.7 billion euros ($2.99 billion) of unpaid bills from customers unable to pay during the country's financial crisis.[5] From 2020, he also oversaw efforts to liquidate majority state-ownednickel producerLARCO, another company struggling under heavy debt, and then look for an investor for some of the company's assets.[6] Under his leadership, Greece also began the sale of a minority stake in PPC-owned power distribution operatorHEDNO[7] and of power grid operatorADMIE in 2020.[8]
In May 2021, Hatzidakis introduced the government's plans to overhaul Greek labour laws by liberalizing working hours, including by introducing a "digital work card" to monitor employees working hours in real time as well as increasing legal overtime to 150 hours a year.[9]
(in Greek)| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Minister for Transport and Communications 2007–2009 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister for Development 2009 | Succeeded byas Minister for the Economy, Competitiveness and Shipping |
| Preceded byas Minister for Development, Competitiveness and Shipping | Minister for Development, Competitiveness, Infrastructure, Transport and Networks 2012–2013 | Succeeded by Himself as Minister for Development and Competitiveness |
| Preceded byas Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Networks | Succeeded byas Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Networks | |
| Preceded by Himself as Minister for Development, Competitiveness, Infrastructure, Transport and Networks | Minister for Development and Competitiveness 2013–2014 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister for the Environment and Energy 2019–2021 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister for Labor and Social Affairs 2021–2023 | Succeeded by Patrina Paparrigopoulou |
| Preceded by | Minister for Νational Economy and Finance 2023–2025 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Deputy Prime Minister of Greece 2025–present | Incumbent |
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