Evangelos Apostolou ( el, Βαγγέλης Αποστόλου; born 28 May 1949 on the island of
Euboea) is a
Greek Syriza
The Coalition of the Radical Left – Progressive Alliance ( el, Συνασπισμός Ριζοσπαστικής Αριστεράς – Προοδευτική Συμμαχία, Synaspismós Rizospastikís Aristerás – Proodeftikí Simachía), ...
politician who served as the
Minister of Agricultural Development and Food in the
Second Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras 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.
Early life and education
Born 1949 in Pappades, near
Agia Anna, Euboea
Agia Anna ( el, Αγία Άννα) is a village and a community in the municipal unit Nileas, in northern part of the island Euboea, Greece. The community includes the seaside village Agkali (Αγκάλι). At about 7 km, it has one of the l ...
, Apostolou studied
forestry at
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Political career
As a member of
Synaspismos
The Coalition of the Left, of Movements and Ecology ( el, Συνασπισμός της Αριστεράς των Κινημάτων και της Οικολογίας, ''Synaspismós tīs Aristerás tōn Kinīmátōn kai tīs Oikologías''), com ...
, Apostolou has been a
Member of the Hellenic 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 ...
for
Euboea 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 (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.
References
External links
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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
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People from Euboea (regional unit)
Greek MPs 2019–2023