Konstantinos Agorastos

Konstantinos Agorastos
Κώστας Αγοραστός
Regional Governor of Thessaly
In office 1 January 2011 – 31 December 2023
Succeeded by	Dimitrios Kouretas
Member of the Hellenic Parliament
In office 7 March 2004 – 7 September 2009
Personal details
Born	1963 Larissa, Greece
Political party	New Democracy
Education	University of Piraeus
Occupation	Politician

Konstantinos Agorastos (1963, Larissa, Greece) is a Greek politician, Governor of Thessaly during the period 2011–2023, and previously a Member of Greek Parliament, representing Larissa (2004–09).

Biography

A graduate of the Piraeus School of Industry, he teaches as an associate professor at the University of Macedonia. He holds a PhD from the University of Bradford. He is married to Christina Panagi and they have 2 children.

After the municipal elections of 1998, he was elected as a councillor and president of the Larissa Municipal Council (1999–2004). He was elected as a member of parliament for Larissa in the 2004 and 2007 elections with New Democracy.[1]

He was elected Governor of the Thessaly Region in the 2010 elections with 50.56% of the vote.[2] He took office on 1 January 2011.

In a poll conducted in 2013, he was ranked the second most popular regional governor in Greece.[3] He was elected in January 2011 on 1 January 2011.

In the May 2014 regional elections, he was re-elected as regional governor in the second round.[4]

Agorastos was re-elected regional governor in the 2019 regional elections with 56% of the first round vote.[5] In the 2023 regional elections he lost in the second round to Dimitris Kouretas.

References

1. "Θητεία στο Κοινοβούλιο". hellenicparliament.gr.
2. "O Kώστας Αγοραστός πρώτος αιρετός Περιφερειάρχης Θεσσαλίας". epikairotita.info. 2010-11-15.
3. KarditsaLive.Net (2013-09-15). "2ος σε δημοτικότητα ο Κώστας Αγοραστός – 15ος ο Κ. Παπαλός σε έρευνα της Kapa Research". www.karditsalive.net (in Greek). Retrieved 2023-10-12.
4. Epochi, rizospastis gr | Synchroni (2014-05-26). "rizospastis.gr – Τα αποτελέσματα στις Περιφέρειες και σε μεγάλους Δήμους". ΡΙΖΟΣΠΑΣΤΗΣ (in Greek). Retrieved 2023-10-12.
5. "Πρώτος ο Αγοραστός με 55,51% στη Περιφέρεια Θεσσαλίας". GRTimes.gr (in Greek). 2019-05-26. Retrieved 2023-10-12.

External links

• Biography
• Official CV