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Stavros Athanasiou Kalafatis

Secretary General Parliamentary Group of NEA DIMOKRATIA

Member of Parliament Thessaloniki A

Personal Info

Place and Date οf Birth:

Born in Thessaloniki on May 15, 1965

Marital Status:

Married to Vicky Moysiadou. They have one daughter and one son.

Profession:

- Lawyer since 1990.
- Director and Head of Communication for Thessaloniki newspapers (July 2000 – December 2002).
- Organization and Communication Advisor of PAOK FC Thessaloniki (January 1995 – April 2000). Participated as a speaker in national sports conferences, seminars and workshops.
- Lecturer in Sports Management at private vocational training institutes (IEK).

Studies:

- Graduate of Anatolia American College (1983).
- Degree in Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1988).
- Master’s Degree in International Studies, Faculty of Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1991).
- Master’s Degree in Sports Management, specialization in Organization and Administration of Sports Organizations, University of Maryland, USA (1994).

Foreign Languages:

English.

Parliamentary Activities

- Elected Member of Parliament for Thessaloniki A with New Democracy on January 13, 2003. Re-elected in 2004, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2019 and 2023.
- Secretary General of the Parliamentary Group of New Democracy (July 2019 – January 2021 and September 2023 – March 2025), following nomination by the Prime Minister and President of New Democracy, Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
- Member of the Standing Committee on Production and Trade (July 2023 – March 2025).
- Member of the Special Permanent Committee on Institutions and Transparency (July 2023 – March 2025).
- Member of the Special Permanent Committee on Environmental Protection (July 2023 – March 2025).
- Member of the Special Permanent Committee on Parliamentary Ethics (July 2023 – March 2025).
- Member of the Standing Committee on Economic Affairs (December 2023 – March 2025).
- Member of the Special Standing Committee on European Affairs (December 2023 – March 2025).
- Member of the Committee on Public Enterprises, Banks, Public Utility Services and Social Security Bodies (December 2023 – March 2025).
- Member of the Special Standing Committee on Defense Procurement Programs and Contracts (February 2025 – March 2025).
- Member of the Hellenic Delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (December 2023 – March 2025).
- President of the Parliamentary Friendship Groups with the Parliaments of Armenia, Vietnam and Estonia, and Member of the Parliamentary Friendship Groups with the Parliaments of the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States of America (January 2024 – March 2025).
- Member of the Standing Committee on Economic Affairs (July 2019 – January 2021).
- Member of the Special Standing Committee on Defense Procurement Programs and Contracts (July 2019 – January 2021).
- Member of the Committee on Public Enterprises, Banks, Public Utility Services and Social Security Funds (July 2019 – January 2021).
- Member of the Hellenic Delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (July 2019 – February 2021). - Member of the Standing Committee on National Defense and Foreign Affairs (January 2016 – January 2021).
- Member of the Special Standing Committee on European Affairs (January 2016 – January 2021).
- Member of the Standing Committee on Production and Trade (February 2015 – January 2016).
- Vice-President of the Special Permanent Committee on Environmental Protection (February 2015 – January 2016).
- Member of the Standing Committee on Production and Trade (March 2014 – January 2015).
- Member of the Standing Committee on Production and Trade and Member of the Special Standing Committee on European Affairs (October 2009 – April 2012).
- Vice-President of the Standing Committee on Production and Trade (November 2004 – September 2007) and Member of the Special Permanent Committee on Hellenism Abroad and the Special Permanent Committee on Environmental Protection during the same period.

Political/Social Activities

- Deputy Minister of Interior responsible for Macedonia–Thrace (January 7, 2021 – May 23, 2023).
- Alternate Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Change (June 21, 2012 – March 14, 2014).
- Minister of Macedonia–Thrace (January 9, 2009 – October 6, 2009).
- Deputy Minister of Development (September 19, 2007 – January 8, 2009).
- Head of the European Affairs Sector of New Democracy (February 2016 – July 2019).
- Coordinator of the Permanent Committee on Production and Trade Policy Sector of New Democracy (March 2015 – January 2016).
- Head of the Energy and Natural Resources Policy Sector of New Democracy (January 10, 2011 – April 11, 2012).
- Head of the Transport and Communications Policy Sector of New Democracy (December 18, 2009 – January 9, 2011).
- Head of the Tourism Policy Sector of New Democracy (November 2004 – September 2007).
- Head of the Major Opposition with the municipal faction “Entaxi” in the Municipality of Thessaloniki (from September 2014).
- Full member of the EU Committee of the Regions (October 2014 – October 2019).
- Municipal Councilor of the Municipality of Thessaloniki (1999 – 2006), serving as:
• Deputy Mayor for Environment and Green Spaces (January 1999 – January 2000)
• Appointed Councilor for Twin Cities and the Balkan Cities Network (January 2001 – January 2005)
• Vice-President of the Municipal Council (January 2001 – December 2002), also appointed Vice-President of the Municipal Sports Activities Corporation (DEAD).
- Former handball athlete of YMCA Kalamaria (1981–1989) and TRITON (1994–1998). Member of the Greek National Youth Handball Team in 1982 and 1984. Served as coach of YMCA. Kalamaria handball team (A’ National League) during 1986–1987. Also participated in amateur football teams in Thessaloniki.
- Member of AHEPA, the Society for Macedonian Studies, the Association of Thessalonians in Athens, the Anatolia College Alumni Association, the Anatolia College Alumni Association in Athens, and the Efxinos (Euxine Sea) Club of Thessaloniki.

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