Fotis Kouvelis

Fotis-Fanourios Kouvelis (Greek: Φώτης-Φανούριος Κουβέλης; born 3 September 1948) is a Greek lawyer and leftist politician.

Fotis Kouvelis Φώτης Κουβέλης
Minister of Shipping and Island Policy
In office 29 August 2018 – 9 July 2019
President	Prokopis Pavlopoulos
Prime Minister	Alexis Tsipras
Preceded by	Panagiotis Kouroumplis
Succeeded by	Ioannis Plakiotakis
Deputy Minister of National Defence
In office 28 February 2018 – 28 August 2018
President	Prokopis Pavlopoulos
Prime Minister	Alexis Tsipras
President of Democratic Left
In office 27 June 2010 – 7 June 2015
Succeeded by	Thanassis Theocharopoulos
Member of the Hellenic Parliament
In office 8 November 1989 – 10 October 1993
In office 25 September 1996 – 31 December 2014
Minister for Justice
In office 2 July 1989 – 12 October 1989
Preceded by	Konstantinos Stamatis
Succeeded by	Konstantinos Stamatis
Personal details
Born	3 September 1948 Volos, Greece
Nationality	Greek
Political party	Democratic Left Synaspismós (1992–2010) Greek Left (1987–1992) KKE Interior (1975–1986)
Residence	Athens, Greece
Alma mater	University of Athens
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Lawyer
Website	www.kouvelis.gr

Biography

Kouvelis was born in Volos. He studied law and political science at the University of Athens.

A member of Lambrakis Youth, he was a founding member of the Communist Party of Greece (Interior), serving, from 1975 until the party's demise, on its central committee. He was a founding member of the Greek Left party, in 1987, and was elected its general secretary on 25 June 1989, remaining in this position until 1992. He was Minister for Justice in the 1989 government of Tzannis Tzannetakis. Kouvelis was long time MP from 1989 until 2019.

He was leader of the Democratic Left party from 27 June 2010 until 7 June 2015.

From March 2018 he started to support second Alexis Tsipras government. He became deputy minister of national defence on 28 February 2018 and served as the Minister of Shipping and Island Policy from 29 August 2018 to 9 July 2019.

External links

• Media related to Fotis Kouvelis at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website (in Greek)

This page incorporates information from the Hellenic Parliament website