Konstantinos (Kostis) Chatzidakis
Konstantinos (Kostis) Chatzidakis was born in Rethymno, Crete in 1965. He is a Greek politician.
Political Career
He was elected as a member of the Greek Parliament three times (September 2007, October 2009, May/June 2012). Currently, he is the minister of Development. From June 2012 to June 2013 he was Minister of Development and Infrastructure. During 2007-2009 he was minister of Transport and Communications and minister of Development. He was Member of the European Parliament with the New Democracy Party (1994 -2007). In the European Parliament he was Chairman of the Committee on Transport and Regional Policy for two and a half years and parliamentary representative of the European Peoplesʼ Party on the same Committee. Before his election as a member of the European parliament, he was General Secretary of the student association DAP-NDFK and president of ONNED (The youth association for New Democracy party).
Education Career
He studied Law at the University of Athens and continued his studies at the University of Kent, where he obtained a Master’s Degree in Communication and Image Studies. He speaks French and English.
