Konstantinos Tasoulas

Konstantinos Tasoulas Κωνσταντίνος Τασούλας
Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 July 2019
Preceded by	Nikos Voutsis
Minister of Culture and Sports
In office 10 June 2014 – 27 January 2015
Prime Minister	Antonis Samaras
Preceded by	Panos Panagiotopoulos
Succeeded by	Frosso Kiaou as Minister of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs
Deputy Minister of National Defence
In office 19 September 2007 – 7 October 2009
Prime Minister	Kostas Karamanlis
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Mayor of Kifissia
In office 1995–1998
Member of the Hellenic Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 2000
Personal details
Born	(1959-07-17) 17 July 1959 (age 62) Ioannina, Kingdom of Greece
Political party	New Democracy
Alma mater	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Konstantinos Tasoulas (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Τασούλας; born 17 July 1959, Ioannina, Greece) is a Greek politician serving as Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament from 18 July 2019.^[1] He has also served as Minister of Culture and Sports, Deputy Minister of National Defence and Mayor of Kifissia.

He also worked as a lawyer in Athens and London, while in 1981-1990 he was special secretary of Evangelos Averoff, before being elected alderman of Kifissia. He holds the record of the Speaker of the Parliament with the most votes; having been elected with a record 283 votes "for"(ND, Syriza, KINAL, EL, MeRA25), 15 votes "present" (KKE) and two abstentions (Dimitris Tzanakopoulos and Effie Achtsioglou). It was also the first time a Speaker of the Parliament was elected by open ballot.^[2]

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