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Michail Konstantinou Chourdakis

Member of Parliament Thessaloniki A

Personal Info

Place and Date οf Birth:

Thessaloniki

Marital Status:

Father of three children

Profession:

Professor at the School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Hygiene - Medical Nutrition), at the Laboratory of "Hygiene, Social & Preventive Medicine, and Medical Statistics."
He founded the Postgraduate Program at the School of Medicine titled “Applied Nutrition and Health Promotion,” and is responsible for the compulsory course “Clinical Nutrition” (5th year) and the elective course “Principles of Clinical Nutrition” (3rd year).
He is the director of the WHO Collaborating Center for Quality of Life and Wellbeing.
He has been a scientific coordinator in numerous research projects funded both in Greece and abroad.
Additionally, he is responsible for the foundation and coordination of the scientific team Nutriclab. He has participated in the administrative bodies of Greek and international organizations and is a co-founder of the internationally awarded Hellenic Society of Medical/Clinical Nutrition & Metabolism (GrESPEN).

Studies:

He holds two degrees (Department of "Dietetic Science and Nutrition" at Harokopio University of Athens and the School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) and a master's degree from the National School of Public Health (MSc in Public Health).
He was a scholar of the “Spyros Harokopos and Evan. Harokopos-Petroutsis” Foundation during his doctoral studies.
He holds a specialization in General/Family Medicine and worked at the Division of Metabolic and Nutritional Medicine (Dr. von Hauner Children’s Hospital at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) during 2013-14.

Foreign Languages:

Fluent in English and German

Parliamentary Activities

Elected as a Member of Parliament for the Thessaloniki Α district (June 2023) with the PLEFSI ELEFTHERIAS party and has been an independent MP since October 2023.
During his parliamentary term, he has been/is a member of the following committees:
• Member of the Standing Committee on Economic Affairs,
• Member of the Standing Committee on Social Affairs,
• Member of the Special Permanent Committee on Parliamentary Ethics,
• Member of the Special Permanent Committee on Road Safety,
• Member of the Subcommittee for Monitoring the Social Security System
• Member of the Republic of Korea Friendship Group

In October 2024, he was chosen by independent MPs to represent them at the Conference of Presidents of the House of Representatives, of which he has been a regular member ever since.

Political/Social Activities

In all Excellence Awards by the Deanery of the School of Health Sciences (2017-2024), he has received multiple awards each time, related to his scientific, research, and academic work, making him the most awarded faculty member of the School with a total of over 30 awards.
You can find all the parliamentary activity of Professor Michalis Chourdakis at the Hellenic Parliament here (speech transcripts, parliamentary questions, etc.).

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