Kostas Skandalidis ( el, Κώστας Σκανδαλίδης; born 11 January 1953) is a

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and member of the

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for the

Panhellenic Socialist Movement The Panhellenic Socialist Movement ( el, Πανελλήνιο Σοσιαλιστικό Κίνημα, Panellínio Sosialistikó Kínima, ), known mostly by its acronym PASOK, (; , ) is a social-democratic political party in Greece. Until 2012, it ...

(PASOK) for the Athens A constituency.

Life

M.P. Kostas Skandalidis was born in 1953 in

Kos Kos or Cos (; el, Κως ) is a Greek island, part of the Dodecanese island chain in the southeastern Aegean Sea. Kos is the third largest island of the Dodecanese by area, after Rhodes and Karpathos; it has a population of 36,986 (2021 census), ...

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. He is the son of the priest, Papa-Giorgis and Christina Skandalidi. He graduated from the

National Technical University of Athens The National (Metsovian) Technical University of Athens (NTUA; el, Εθνικό Μετσόβιο Πολυτεχνείο, ''National Metsovian Polytechnic''), sometimes known as Athens Polytechnic, is among the oldest higher education institution ...

with a degree in

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. In 1974 he became a founding member of the PA.SO.K., and has since then elected 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 ...

in all general elections since 1989, initially for the

Dodecanese The Dodecanese (, ; el, Δωδεκάνησα, ''Dodekánisa'' , ) are a group of 15 larger plus 150 smaller Greek islands in the southeastern Aegean Sea and Eastern Mediterranean, off the coast of Turkey's Anatolia, of which 26 are inhabited. ...

and from 2000 in the Athens A constituency. He was elected secretary of the

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of the PA.SO.K. three times between 11 October 1995 and 22 October 2001. M.P. Kostas Skandalidis was a candidate for the position of

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in the local elections of 2006, in which he received 28.84% and his platform became the major opposition. After the legislative elections of 2007, in which the PA.SO.K. was defeated, M.P. Kostas Skandalidis announced his candidacy 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 leader

George Papandreou George Andreas Papandreou ( el, Γεώργιος Ανδρέας Παπανδρέου, , shortened to ''Giorgos'' () to distinguish him from his grandfather; born 16 June 1952) is a Greek politician who served as Prime Minister of Greece from ...

and

Evangelos Venizelos Evangelos Venizelos (, ; born 1 January 1957) is a Greek academic and politician who was Deputy Prime Minister of Greece and Minister for Foreign Affairs from 25 June 2013 to 27 January 2015. Previously, he was Deputy Prime Minister and Ministe ...

."George Papandreou wins PASOK leadership election with 55.91 pc"
Athens News Agency (hri.org), November 15, 2007. He has held the following posts: * Minister for the Aegean and Island Policy (13 October 1993 - 8 July 1994) *

Minister of Interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a Cabinet (government), cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and iden ...

(8 July 1994 - 15 September 1995) *

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(24 October 2001 - 10 March 2004) * Minister for Rural Development and Food (since 9 September 2010)

References

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

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Skandalidis, Kostas 1953 births Living people National Technical University of Athens alumni Greek MPs 1989 (June–November) Greek MPs 1989–1990 Greek MPs 1990–1993 Greek MPs 1993–1996 Greek MPs 1996–2000 Greek MPs 2000–2004 Greek MPs 2004–2007 Greek MPs 2007–2009 PASOK politicians Greek MPs 2009–2012 Ministers of the Interior of Greece Greek MPs 2012 (May) Greek MPs 2012–2014 Greek MPs 2015 (February–August) People from Kos Greek MPs 2015–2019 Greek MPs 2019–2023

Life

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