Lefteris Zagoritis ( el, Λευτέρης Ζαγορίτης; born 14 September 1956) is a

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lawyer, politician and former Secretary General of

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. As of 19 September 2015 he is serving as Hellenic Consumers' Ombudsman.http://www.synigoroskatanaloti.gr/docs/press/2015-03-19.ΔΤ-Ετήσια-Έκθεση-2014.pdf Zagoritis, whose family comes from Zagorohoria of

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, was born on the island of

Rhodes Rhodes (; el, Ρόδος , translit=Ródos ) is the largest and the historical capital of the Dodecanese islands of Greece. Administratively, the island forms a separate municipality within the Rhodes regional unit, which is part of the So ...

and is of

Sarakatsani The Sarakatsani ( el, Σαρακατσάνοι, also written Karakachani, bg, каракачани) are an ethnic Greek population subgroup who were traditionally transhumant shepherds, native to Greece, with a smaller presence in neighbouring ...

origin. Zagoritis was first elected to the

Greek Parliament The Hellenic Parliament ( el, Ελληνικό Κοινοβούλιο, Elliniko Kinovoulio; formally titled el, Βουλή των Ελλήνων, Voulí ton Ellínon, Boule of the Hellenes, label=none), also known as the Parliament of the Hel ...

on the statewide ticket in 2004 for the Athens B constituency, and was re-elected in 2007. He served as Secretary General of the New Democracy party from 2006 to 2010. Zagoritis is a graduate of the Law School of the

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 ...

as well as of the Department of Political Science. For many years he served as elected member and Vice-President of the Athens Bar Association, where he also chaired the Disciplinary Board.

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External links

Personal website
(in Greek)
Biography on Greek Parliament website
* 1956 births Living people New Democracy (Greece) politicians Greek MPs 2004–2007 Greek MPs 2007–2009 Sarakatsani People from Rhodes {{Greece-politician-stub