Evangelos Apostolou ( el, Βαγγέλης Αποστόλου; born 28 May 1949 on the island of

Euboea Evia (, ; el, Εύβοια ; grc, Εὔβοια ) or Euboia (, ) is the second-largest Greek island in area and population, after Crete. It is separated from Boeotia in mainland Greece by the narrow Euripus Strait (only at its narrowest poin ...

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Syriza politician who served as the Minister of Agricultural Development and Food in the

Second Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras The Second Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras was sworn in on 23 September 2015, following the Greek legislative election in September 2015. Alexis Tsipras, leader of Syriza, was sworn in as Prime Minister of Greece on 21 September, having agreed to re- ...

from September 2015 to August 2018. From January to August 2015, he served as the Alternate Minister of Agricultural Development and Food in the

First Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras Following his victory in legislative elections held on 25 January 2015, the newly elected Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras appointed a new cabinet to succeed the cabinet of Antonis Samaras, his predecessor. A significant reshuffle took place on 1 ...

Early life and education

Born 1949 in Pappades, near Agia Anna, Euboea, Apostolou studied

forestry Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests, woodlands, and associated resources for human and environmental benefits. Forestry is practiced in plantations and natural stands. ...

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 ...

Political career

As a member of Synaspismos, Apostolou has been a Member of the Hellenic Parliament for

in the 1996–2000 period and served as a member of Synaspismos' Political Secretariat from 2004 until 2010. Following his party into the

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

(SYRIZA), he was elected again in the May 2012 and June 2012 elections and named Syriza's shadow minister of rural development in July 2012. After the January 2015 legislative election, Apostolou was appointed Deputy Minister of Agricultural Development and Food.

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* 1949 births Living people Aristotle University of Thessaloniki alumni Forestry academics Coalition of Left, of Movements and Ecology politicians Greek MPs 1996–2000 Syriza politicians Greek MPs 2012 (May) Greek MPs 2012–2014 Greek MPs 2015 (February–August) Agriculture ministers of Greece Government ministers of Greece Greek MPs 2015–2019 {{Greece-politician-stub People from Euboea (regional unit) Greek MPs 2019–2023