Christoforos Vernardakis
| Christoforos Vernardakis MP | |
|---|---|
| Χριστόφορος Βερναρδάκης | |
| Alternate Minister of Administrative Reform | |
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Assumed office 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Alexis Tsipras |
| Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Athens A | |
|
Assumed office 2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Syriza |
| Alma mater | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens |
| Website | www.vernardakis.gr |
Christoforos Vernardakis (Greek: Χριστόφορος Βερναρδάκης) is a Greek academic currently serving as Alternate Minister of Administrative Reform in the Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras. He is an MP for Athens A constituency.
Biography
Vernardakis studied at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and graduated with a BA in political science, and afterwards studied in France, taking diplomas at the Sorbonne before returning to the University of Athens to take his PhD in 1995. In 1993, he founded the polling organisation VPRC, and became its president in 2004. After a term as a lecturer at the University of Crete (2004-2009), he became an assistant professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. In the January 2015 Greek legislative election he stood election for Athens A and was seated with Syriza without election.[1]
References
- ↑ Staff writer(s); no by-line. (17 July 2015). "Ποιος είναι ο νέος αναπληρωτής υπουργός Διοικητικής Ανασυγκρότησης Χρ. Βερναρδάκης" [Who is the New Alternate Minister of Administrative Reform Chr. Vernardakis?]. Matrix24.gr (in Greek) (Athens). Retrieved 20 July 2015.