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Makarios Basileiou Lazaridis

Member of Parliament Kavala

Personal Info

Place and Date οf Birth:

He was born in Kavala on July 22, 1969.

Marital Status:

He is married to Nancy Kotsafti - Lazaridis, with whom he has two daughters, Evelina and Constantine.

Profession:

Journalist - Communicator. He has worked in newspapers, magazines and radio stations as an editor, editor- in-chief, managing editor and consulting editor.

Studies:

Political Science and Journalism at the College of Southeastern Europe.

Foreign Languages:

English.

Parliamentary Activities

He was first elected as Member of Parliament for the Kavala Regional Council in the National Elections of July 7, 2019. He was re-elected as Member of Parliament for the Kavala Regional Council in the National Elections of May 21 and June 25, 2023.

He is a member of the Standing Committee on Public Administration, Public Order and Justice, the Standing Committee on Production and Trade, the Committee on Public Enterprises, Banks, Public Benefit Organizations and Social Security Institutions, the Parliamentary Ethics Committee, the Institutions and Transparency Committee, the Finance Committee of the Parliament, the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA) and President of the Greece-Indonesia Friendship Parliamentary Group.

Since March 21, 2025, he has been appointed as the Parliamentary Representative of New Democracy for the issues within the competence of the Social Affairs Committee and the Educational Affairs Committee.

Political/Social Activities

He served as a Logistics Squadron Leader in the 114th Fighter Wing of the Hellenic Air Force. He was an associate of the President of New Democracy, Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis, on Press and Communication issues for more than a decade.

In January 2016, he was appointed Director of the Party's Press Office.

In October 2017, he was appointed Communications Advisor to the President of New Democracy.

At the same time, he assumed responsibility for shaping the Party's economic, social and communication policy in the Eastern Macedonia - Thrace Region.

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