Kostas Skandalidis MP
Member of theHellenic Parliament forAthens A
Incumbent
Assumed office 1989
Minister for Rural Development and Food
In office 9 September 2010 – 17 May 2012
President	Karolos Papoulias
Prime Minister	George Papandreou
Personal details
Born	(1953-01-11)11 January 1953 (age 72) Kos,Greece
Political party	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Alma mater	National Technical University of Athens
Profession	Politician
Website	[1]

Kostas Skandalidis (Greek:Κώστας Σκανδαλίδης; born 11 January 1953) is aGreekpolitician and member of theGreek Parliament for thePanhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) for the Athens A constituency.

M.P. Kostas Skandalidis was born in 1953 inKos,Greece. He is the son of the priest, Papa-Giorgis and Christina Skandalidi. He graduated from theNational Technical University of Athens with a degree inelectrical engineering. In 1974 he became a founding member of thePA.SO.K., and has since then elected as a member of theHellenic Parliament in all general elections since 1989, initially for theDodecanese and from 2000 in the Athens A constituency.

He was elected secretary of theCentral Committee of thePA.SO.K. three times between 11 October 1995 and 22 October 2001.

M.P. Kostas Skandalidis was a candidate for the position ofMayor of Athens in thelocal elections of 2006, in which he received 28.84% and his platform became the major opposition.

After thelegislative elections of 2007, in which thePA.SO.K. was defeated, M.P. Kostas Skandalidis announced hiscandidacy for the leadership of the party. In the leadership elections, which took place on 11 November 2007, he was placed third with 5.74% of the vote, behind incumbent party leaderGeorge Papandreou andEvangelos Venizelos.^[1]

He has held the following posts:

• Minister for the Aegean and Island Policy (13 October 1993 - 8 July 1994)
• Minister of Interior (8 July 1994 - 15 September 1995)
• Minister for the Interior and Public Order (24 October 2001 - 10 March 2004)
• Minister for Rural Development and Food (since 9 September 2010)

• PA.SO.K.
• Cabinet of Greece

• Biography of M.P. Kostas Skandalidis in the Official Website of the Hellenic Parliament

• Official website(in Greek)
• Terms of office ofKostas Skandalidis at theHellenic Parliament(in English)

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