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Kostas Skrekas
Greek politician (born 1973) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kostas Skrekas (Greek: Κώστας Σκρέκας, born 14 March 1973) is a Greek civil engineer[1] and politician of the New Democracy party who served as Minister of the Environment and Energy in the cabinet of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis from 2021 to 2023.[2][3]
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Political career
In the May 2012 elections, Skrekas was first elected a member of the parliament, representing Trikala, making him one of the youngest MPs at the time.[1]
From November 2014 to January 2015, Skrekas briefly served as Minister of Development and Competitiveness in the cabinet of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras.[4]
Following the 2019 Greek legislative election, Skrekas became deputy of Minister of Rural Development and Food Makis Voridis, in charge of Common Agricultural Policy in the Mitsotakis government. After a reshuffle on 4 January 2021, he became the new Minister of Environment and Energy.[5] In this capacity, he signed a revised $3.1 billion contract with Canada’s Eldorado Gold in February 2021, covering the company's Skouries, Olympias and Stratoni / Mavres Petres mines and facilities in northern Greece.[6]
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