Kostas Skrekas | |
Native Name: | Greek, Modern (1453-);: Κώστας Σκρέκας |
Office: | Minister of the Environment and Energy |
Primeminister: | Kyriakos Mitsotakis |
Term Start: | 5 January 2021 |
Term End: | 26 May 2023 |
Predecessor: | Kostis Hatzidakis |
Successor: | Pantelis Kapros |
Office2: | Minister of Development |
Primeminister2: | Kyriakos Mitsotakis |
Term Start2: | 27 June 2023 |
Term End2: | 14 June 2024 |
Predecessor2: | Helen Loures |
Successor2: | Takis Theodorikakos |
Birth Date: | 14 March 1973 |
Party: | New Democracy |
Alma Mater: | University of Birmingham[1] |
Kostas Skrekas (Greek, Modern (1453-);: 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]
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]