THE Costas Tasoulas He is the ninth person who has been in the High State since 1974, after Michael Stasinopoulos (1974-1975), Konstantinos Tsatsos (1975-1980), Konstantinos Karamanlis (1980-1985 and 1990-1995), Christos Sartzetakis (1985-1990 ), Konstantinos Stefanopoulos (1995-2005), Karolos Papoulias (2005-2015), Prokopios Pavlopoulos (2015-2020) and Katerina Sakellaropoulou (2020-2025).

The new President of the Republic Born in Ioannina in 1959, he is married to two children, and has studied law in Athens.

Was elected for the first time a Member of Parliament with the New Democracy In 2000 and re -elected in 2004, 2007, 2009, 2012 (twice), 2015 (twice), 2019 and 2023 (twice).

In 2006, it was appointed, by the Prime Minister, if. Parliamentary spokesman for the New Democracy.

In 2007 he was appointed Deputy Minister of National Defense. In February 2010 he was elected Secretary General of the New Democracy Parliamentary Group.

In 2014 he was appointed Minister of Culture and Sports until January 2015. 2018 was appointed ND rapporteur for the Constitutional Review.

Finally, he was elected Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament in 2019, in May 2023 and July 2023.

Also, Mr. Tasoulas was a special secretary of the late Evangelos Averof-TositsaHonorary President of the ND, from 1981 to 1990 and Special Adviser to the Ministries of National Economy, Commerce and Agriculture (1989-1990).

He was president of the Exports Promotion Organization (OPE) from 1990 to 1993. He was elected Municipal Councilor of the Municipality of Kifissia in 1990.

In 1994 he was elected Mayor of Kifissia. In June 2013 he was appointed President of the Constantine Karamanlis Institute of Republic.

Mr Tasoula’s swearing -in will take place on March 13, when the term of the current President of the Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, expires.