Theodoros Roussopoulos

Theodoros Roussopoulos
Θεόδωρος Ρουσόπουλος
In office 10 March 2004 – 23 October 2008
Prime Minister	Kostas Karamanlis
Preceded by	Dimitris Reppas
Succeeded by
Personal details
Born	(1963-09-13) 13 September 1963 (age 57) Messinia, Greece
Political party	New Democracy (Greece)
Spouse(s)	Mara Zaharea
Alma mater	The University of Edinburgh Hellenic Open University Oxford Academy
Website	Official website

Theodoros Roussopoulos (Greek: Θεόδωρος Ρουσόπουλος; born 13 September 1963) is a Greek politician. He was Minister of State and Government Spokesman from 7 March 2004 until 23 October 2008, as well as one of Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis's closest aides. Theodoros Roussopoulos was born on 13 September 1963, in Kyparissia, Messenia.

Studies[]

He studied at the Laboratory of Professional Journalism (Εργαστήρι Επαγγελματικής Δημοσιογραφίας), before continuing with a course in Journalism at the Oxford Academy. He is a graduate of the Hellenic Open University, where he attended the Department for the Study of Greek Culture of the Faculty of Humanities. He is a PhD graduate to The University of Edinburgh since 2014. His dissertation in history is about the ethnic identity of the Greeks in Venice. Identity Disputes and Politics at the End of The 17th Century is its title.

Career in Journalism[]

His journalism career begin in 1981 in the daily newspaper Eleftherotypia, where he remained until 1994. During this time, he also contributed to the monthly Elle magazine. He is a founding member of Mega Channel TV station, for which he worked from 1989 to 1999 as an editor in chief and political analyst. He also produced the "7+7" documentary program. From 1987 to 1989, he contributed to Athena 98.4 FM radio station as a founding member and, in 1999, to Star Channel TV station. He has also contributed from 1994 to 1999 to Messimvrini newspaper and Kathimerini newspaper as an analyst. In 1987 he was a member of the committee of ethics at "Piraeus Channel 1" and he is currently a publisher at Enastron publications.

He is the recipient of the annual award from the "Botsis Foundation" for journalism as well as the friendship award from the Union of Turkish Journalists for the "Best European Television Program".

Career in Politics[]

His political career began in 2000 with his appointment as New Democracy Spokesman and Press Representative. After the 2004 general election, he was appointed as Minister of State and Government Spokesman by incoming Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis.

As Minister of State, Roussopoulos was responsible for the Secretariat General of Communication and the Secretariat General of Information, which, since its abolition in 2004, incorporated the functions of Ministry of the Press and Mass Media.^[1]

Career in Academics[]

From 1997 to 1999 he taught “Television & Politics: the debates between presidential candidates of parties and prime ministers” at the University of Athens as a teaching associate. Since 2009, he is a Lecturer at the Pepperdine University of California and he currently teaches Journalism as an adjunct professor at the European University of Cyprus since 2015.

Publications[]

• 2013 The Ethnic Identity of the Greeks in Venice, Proceedings of the Paris Conference for Identity issues
• 2006 Introduction and text selection in: The fascination of ideas. Athens: Exantas
• 2002 Liberalism and Mass Media: a historic account and contemplation on the freedom of the press, in: On Liberalism. Athens: Constantinos Karamanlis Institute, pp. 359–379
• 1996 Writer and reviewer of the journal: “Expression, Communication and Law”

He is married to the journalist (Μάρα Ζαχαρέα) and has two children, Vasilis and Anna.

References[]

External links[]

• Secretariat General of Communication/Secretariat General of Information profile
• Athens News Agency profile
• Παραιτήθηκε ο Ρουσόπουλος^{[permanent dead link]}