Konstantinos Tsiaras

Konstantinos Tsiaras is a Greek politician from the New Democracy party, born in 1966 in Karditsa. He graduated from the School of Medicine at the Democritus University of Thrace, specializing in microbiology and biopathology. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Athens Medical School and completed postgraduate training in in vitro fertilization at Swedish university centers . Tsiaras was first elected as a Member of Parliament for Karditsa in 2004 and has been re-elected in subsequent elections. In July 2012, he was appointed Deputy Foreign Minister, and in July 2019, he became Minister of Justice. On June 14, 2024, he was appointed Minister of Rural Development and Food . As minister, Tsiaras emphasizes that the survival and development of the agricultural sector is a national issue that must be prioritized. He aims to make the primary sector a key pillar of economic policy through specific measures, creating conditions to strengthen the competitiveness of Greek products.