Christoforos Vernardakis ( el, Χριστόφορος Βερναρδάκης) is a Greek academic who served as a

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in the

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, from 2016 to 2019. From 2015 to 2016, he served as Alternate Minister of Administrative Reform in the same Cabinet. He is an MP for

Athens A Athens A ( el, Α΄ Αθηνών) is a parliamentary constituency in Attica represented in the Hellenic Parliament. In its present form it dates to 1958, when the Athens B constituency was split off, leaving Athens A with the Municipality of Athe ...

constituency.

Biography

Vernardakis studied at the

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; el, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, ''Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the Univers ...

and graduated with a BA in

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, and afterwards studied in France, taking diplomas at the

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before returning to the University of Athens to take his PhD in 1995. In 1993, he founded the polling organisation VPRC, and became its president in 2004. After a term as a lecturer at the

University of Crete The University of Crete (UoC; Greek: Πανεπιστήμιο Κρήτης) is a multi-disciplinary, research-oriented institution in Crete, Greece, located in the cities of Rethymno (official seat) and Heraklion, and one of the country's most aca ...

(2004-2009), he became an assistant professor at the

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Aristotle (; grc-gre, Ἀριστοτέλης ''Aristotélēs'', ; 384–322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Peripatetic school of phil ...

. In the

January 2015 Greek legislative election Legislative elections were held in Greece on Sunday 25 January 2015 to elect all 300 members to the Hellenic Parliament in accordance with the constitution. The election was held earlier than scheduled due to the failure of the Greek parliament t ...

he stood election for

and was seated with

Syriza The Coalition of the Radical Left – Progressive Alliance ( el, Συνασπισμός Ριζοσπαστικής Αριστεράς – Προοδευτική Συμμαχία, Synaspismós Rizospastikís Aristerás – Proodeftikí Simachía), ...

without election.

References

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens alumni Academic staff of the University of Crete Academic staff of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greek MPs 2015–2019 Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Syriza politicians Politicians from Athens Greek MPs 2019–2023 {{greece-bio-stub