Kostas Skandalidis

Kostas Skandalidis was born in 1953 on the island of Kos. He studied electrical engineering at the National Technical University of Athens. Throughout his political career, he has served, among other roles, as Secretary of the Central Committee of PASOK, Member of Parliament for the Dodecanese, Member of Parliament for Athens A, Press Officer for the Municipality of Athens, and advisor to ministers in the Ministries of National Economy, Culture, and Press. He has also held the positions of Minister of the Aegean and Minister of the Interior, Public Administration, and Decentralization. From 1985 to 1990, he was the director of the newspaper "Exormisi." He is married to Vasiliki Panagopoulou, and they have one son.