Giorgos Patoulis ( Greek: ''Γιώργος Πατούλης'', born May 14, 1961) is a Greek politician and surgeon, serving as Regional Governor of

Attica Attica ( el, Αττική, Ancient Greek ''Attikḗ'' or , or ), or the Attic Peninsula, is a historical region that encompasses the city of Athens, the capital of Greece and its countryside. It is a peninsula projecting into the Aegean Se ...

, since September 1, 2019. He is also President of Athens Medical Association, since 2011. He is a member of the New Democracy. He previously served as

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Marousi Marousi or Maroussi ( el, Μαρούσι, also Αμαρούσιο ''Amarousio'') is a suburb in the northeastern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. Marousi dates back to the era of the History of Athens, ancient Athenian Republic; its ancie ...

, from 2007 to 2019, and as President of the Central Union of Municipalities of Greece (KEDE) from 2014 to 2019.

Biography

Giorgos Patoulis was born in

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on May 14, 1961, and both his parents come from the island of

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. He earned a

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degree, from School of Medicine of

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 ...

, in 1987. After completing his

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, he earned a

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. He has specialized in Health Economics, from 1998 to 2000, and graduated from the National School of Public Health of Greece. He worked as a doctor in

Tavros Tavros ( el, Ταύρος, which means "bull"), is a suburb in the southwestern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Moschato-Tavros, of which it is a municipal unit. Geo ...

Institution of Social Security and in the one of Marousi-Erythraia. He has also been scientific associate of the Hospital “Errikos Ntynan”, the “Athenian Clinic” and

Lykovrysi Lykovrysi ( el, Λυκόβρυση; formerly Γλυκόβρυση ''Glykovrysi'') is in North Athens, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Lykovrysi-Pefki, of which it is a municipal unit/community. Geogra ...

Open Care Centre for the Elderly. In 2011 and 2018, Patoulis was elected as Ρresident of the Athens Medical Association (I.S.A.), a position he holds until today.

Political career

His political career began as Member of Pefki City Council, in 1998. He has served as the President of the Municipal Council of the Municipality of Pefki. Also, he was served as Mayor of Marousi from January, 2007 to August 2019. In 2014, he was elected as President of the Central Union of Municipalities of Greece, a post he served until 2019. In 2019, he was elected as Governor of

Attica Region Attica ( el, Περιφέρεια Αττικής, translit=Periféria Attikís, ) is an administrative region of Greece, that encompasses the entire metropolitan area of Athens, the country's capital and largest city. The region is coextensive w ...

, the largest metropolitan region of

, with 66% of the votes. In February 2020, as Governor of Attica and as member of

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, he was elected as vice president and head of the Greek delegation at the European Committee of the Regions for the 2020–2025 period.https://cor.europa.eu/en/members/Pages/memberprofile.aspx?MemberId=2033503

References

External links

Official Website
(In Greek)
Official Website of the Attica Region
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