Evangelos Apostolou

Evangelos Apostolou MP
Βαγγέλης Αποστόλου
Minister of Agricultural Development and Food
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 September 2015
Prime Minister	Alexis Tsipras
Alternate Minister of Agricultural Development and Food
In office 27 January 2015 – 28 August 2015
Prime Minister	Alexis Tsipras
Preceded by	Giorgos Karasmanis as Minister of Rural Development and Food
Personal details
Born	28 May 1949 Pappades, near Agia Anna, Euboea, Greece
Political party	Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza)
Alma mater	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Evangelos Apostolou (Greek: Βαγγέλης Αποστόλου; born 28 May 1949 on the island of Euboea) is a Greek Syriza politician who is currently serving as the Minister of Agricultural Development and Food in the Second Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras. 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, Apostolou studied forestry at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

Political career

As a member of Synaspismos, Apostolou has been a Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Euboea in the 1996–2000 period and served as a member of Synaspismos' Political Secretariat from 2004 until 2010.^[1]

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.^[2] After the January 2015 legislative election, Apostolou was appointed Deputy Minister of Agricultural Development and Food.

References

1. "Evangelos Apostolou". Hellenic Parliament. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
2. Δεκαέξι «σκιώδεις υπουργούς» έχρισε ο Τσίπρας [Tsipras appoints 16 shadow ministers]. Ethnos (in Greek). 3 July 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2015.

External links

• Terms of office of Evangelos Apostolou at the Hellenic Parliament (English)