Konstantinos Bogdanos ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Μπογδάνος, Konstantínos Bogdános; born 27 December 1979) is a Greek politician and journalist who has served as a member of the

Hellenic Parliament The Hellenic Parliament ( el, Ελληνικό Κοινοβούλιο, Elliniko Kinovoulio; formally titled el, Βουλή των Ελλήνων, Voulí ton Ellínon, Boule (ancient Greece), Boule of the Greeks, Hellenes, label=none), also kno ...

for the Athens A electoral district since the 2019 election. Elected on the New Democracy ticket, he was expelled from the party in October 2021. He currently leads the Patriotic Force for Change, a national conservative party which he founded on 26 September 2022.

Early life

Bogdanos was born in

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 ...

on December 27, 1979. He studied journalism and communication at Panteion University and completed postgraduate studies in philosophy at

King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of King George IV and the Duke of Wellington. In 1836, King's ...

. He has undergone further training, attending seminars on economics at the London School of Economics (LSE).

Media portrayal and ideology

Many media organizations have claimed that he belongs to the

far right Far-right politics, also referred to as the extreme right or right-wing extremism, are political beliefs and actions further to the right of the left–right political spectrum than the standard political right, particularly in terms of being ...

of the political spectrum. He identifies himself as

right-wing Right-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that view certain social orders and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position on the basis of natural law, economics, authorit ...

, liberal and conservative, rejecting the "far-right" label.

References

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