Konstantinos Kyranakis

Konstantinos Kyranakis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Κυρανάκης; born 19 April 1987) is a Greek politician, serving as the current Deputy Minister of Digital Governance for Greece, and as a Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Athens B3, as a member of New Democracy party. He is regarded as a member of the right-wing faction within New Democracy, while some of his views are frequently deemed controversial.[1][2][3]

Konstantinos Kyranakis
Κωνσταντίνος Κυρανάκης
MP
Deputy Minister of Digital Governance
Assumed office
26 June 2023
Member of the Hellenic Parliament
for Athens B3
Assumed office
7 July 2019
Ρresident of the Youth of the European People's Party (YEPP)
In office
2013–2017
Preceded byDömötör Csaba
Succeeded byAdriano Ianou
Deputy spokesman for New Democracy
In office
September 2016 – January 2019
Personal details
Born (1987-04-19) 19 April 1987
Luxembourg
NationalityGreek
Political partyNew Democracy
EducationNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens
American College of Greece
Websitekyranakis.gr

Early life and education

He was born in Luxembourg and raised in Athens and Brussels. He has graduated at the European School of Brussels in 2005, holds a bachelor's degree in Law from the University of Athens and a MA in Strategic Communication from the American College of Greece.

Kyranakis has worked as a digital strategist since 2008. He was the project manager for a part of the digital campaign of Jean-Claude Juncker for President of the European Commission in 2014.[4] and the head of the digital campaign of Kyriakos Mitsotakis for President of New Democracy in 2015.

He is a member of the International Republican Institute, and has co-founded BrainGain, an initiative aiming at reversing brain drain for Greece. Forbes Magazine nominated and selected Kyranakis in the 30 under 30 list for the year 2016.[5]

Political career

In 2013, Kyranakis was elected president of the Youth of the European People's Party, Europe's largest political youth organisation with over 1 million members from 40 countries and re-elected in 2015.

He was a candidate for the European Parliament in 2014[6] and was appointed deputy spokesman for New Democracy in 2016.[7]

Kyranakis serving as a Member of the Hellenic Parliament for the South of Athens since July 7, 2019, as a member of New Democracy party[8]

Personal life

Kyranakis married Eleni Atherinou on August 22, 2020. Besides Greek, he is fluent in English and French.

References
  1. "Ο Κυρανάκης και τα «ακροδεξιά βαρίδια» της Νέας Δημοκρατίας". ΕΦΣΥΝ (in Greek). 2019-06-30. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
  2. "Ο Κυρανάκης ομολόγησε αυτό που αρνείται η Ν.Δ." ΕΦΣΥΝ (in Greek). 2021-12-10. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
  3. Κωνσταντίνου, Μηνάς (2019-11-06). "Πώς φτιάχνει τα λουκάνικα ο Κυρανάκης (χοιρινά και ΜΜΕ)". The Press Project - Ειδήσεις, Αναλύσεις, Ραδιόφωνο, Τηλεόραση (in Greek). Retrieved 2023-08-06.
  4. "CREDITS". Juncker.epp.eu. Archived from the original on 2018-02-13. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
  5. "30 Under 30 Europe 2017: Law and Policy". Forbes.
  6. "Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών, Ευρωεκλογές Μαιος 2014".
  7. "ΝΔ: Ζαχαράκη και Κυρανάκης οι αναπληρωτές εκπρόσωποι Τύπου του κόμματος". Lifo.gr.
  8. "Εθνικές εκλογές – Ιούλιος 2019, Β3' Νότιου Τομέα Αθηνών".
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