Kostis Hatzidakis
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Konstantinos (Kostis) Hatzidakis (Template:Langx; born 20 April 1965 in Rethymno) is a Greek politician who currently serves as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State in the Second Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis.[1] He also serves as Vice President of New Democracy, alongside Adonis Georgiadis.
He has previously served as a cabinet minister in numerous governments since 2007, with his portfolios including the infrastructure and transport, development, environment and energy, labor and national economy and finance ministries.
Political career
Hatzidakis was elected President of the Youth Organisation of New Democracy (ONNED), serving from 1992 to 1994.
Member of the European Parliament, 1994–2007
Hatzidakis was elected as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for New Democracy in the European elections of 1994, 1999 and 2004. During his time in parliament from 1994 until 2007, he served on the Committee on Regional Development. From 2004 until 2005. He was also a member of the Temporary committee on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007–2013. In addition to his committee assignments, he was part of the parliament's delegations to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (1994–1999); to the parliamentary cooperation committees for relations with Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia (1999–2004); and to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee.[2]
Career in national politics
In the 2007 Greek legislative election, Hatzidakis was elected to the Hellenic Parliament for the Athens B constituency and consequently resigned from the European Parliament.[3]
Hatzidakis served as Minister for Transport and Communications from 2007 to 2009 and then as Minister for Development in 2009.
On 15 December 2010, Hatzidakis was ambushed and assaulted by violent rioters during a general strike at the height of the Greek government-debt crisis.[4][5]
Minister for the Environment and Energy, 2019–2021
In his capacity as energy minister, Hatzidakis was tasked to work on a rescue plan for state-owned Public Power Corporation (PPC) which had been struggling with 2.7 billion euros ($2.99 billion) of unpaid bills from customers unable to pay during the country's financial crisis.[6] From 2020, he also oversaw efforts to liquidate majority state-owned nickel producer LARCO, another company struggling under heavy debt, and then look for an investor for some of the company's assets.[7] Under his leadership, Greece also began the sale of a minority stake in PPC-owned power distribution operator HEDNO[8] and of power grid operator ADMIE in 2020.[9]
Minister for Labor and Social Affairs, 2021–2023
In May 2021, Hatzidakis introduced the government's plans to overhaul Greek labour laws by liberalizing working hours, including by introducing a "digital work card" to monitor employees working hours in real time as well as increasing legal overtime to 150 hours a year.[10]
Other activities
- European Investment Bank (EIB), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (2023–2025)[11]
- European Stability Mechanism, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (2023–2025)[12]
- International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (2023–2025)[13]
References
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- ↑ Konstantinos Hatzidakis European Parliament.
- ↑ Schinas in Greek MEP re-shuffle European Voice, 3 October 2007.
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- ↑ Angeliki Koutantou (16 September 2019), Exclusive: Greece seeks new mining jobs, higher royalties in talks with Eldorado Reuters.
- ↑ Angeliki Koutantou (24 January 2020), Greece to sell troubled nickel producer Larco's assets: minister Reuters.
- ↑ Angeliki Koutantou (14 February 2020), Greece to start power distribution operator sale in September Reuters.
- ↑ Angeliki Koutantou (16 December 2019), Greece plans to sell 49% stake in power distribution network Reuters.
- ↑ Karolina Tagaris (12 May 2021), Greece presents contentious labour reform bill Reuters.
- ↑ Board of Governors European Investment Bank (EIB).
- ↑ Board of Governors: Kostis Hatzidakis European Stability Mechanism (ESM).
- ↑ Board of Governors International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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