He also completed his PhD in European Politics from LSE, with a scholarship from the Alexander Onassis Public Benefit Foundation. The title of his PhD thesis is: “National institutional contexts and domestic discourse during proposed transformative policy change. The case of the telecoms’ privatization in Greece and the Republic of Ireland.”
In parallel to his studies, he worked as a London correspondent for the newspaper “Apogevmatini” and did a journalism internship at the BBC.
At the age of 25, he was an assistant lecturer at LSE, teaching first-year students the course “Introduction to Comparative Politics”. He has also taught the course “Mass Media and Social Regulation” at ICON College, University of Leicester to postgraduate students and was a research fellow at the Jean Monnet European Centre of Excellence. He has scientific publications in Greek and international scientific journals.
Before entering politics, he worked in the private sector as a business consultant for “The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)”, a strategic consulting firm.
He was elected as Member of Hellenic Parliament for Corinthia with New Democracy in the May and June 2012 elections, and has been continuously elected since then.
From July 2019 to May 2023, he served as Deputy Minister of Development and Investments, responsible for Research & Innovation.
From June 2023 to June 2024, he was Deputy Minister of Culture, responsible for Contemporary Culture.
From June 2024 until today, he has been Deputy Minister for the National Economy and Finance.
In his spare time, he plays football and basketball, and reads history books.
He is married to lawyer Nikoleta Syrengela and they have a daughter, Alkisti – Stefania and a son, Stavros – Konstantinos.