{"id":10318,"date":"2021-05-27T07:36:19","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T07:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rgc.gr\/?page_id=10318"},"modified":"2021-05-27T07:38:17","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T07:38:17","slug":"kostas-katsafados","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rgc.gr\/gr\/kostas-katsafados\/","title":{"rendered":"Kostas Katsafados"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"10318\" class=\"elementor elementor-10318\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-88c72c9 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"88c72c9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-34ade78\" data-id=\"34ade78\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-d1ac2ee elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d1ac2ee\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-373cb4c\" data-id=\"373cb4c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71aee46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71aee46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"color: #0a1237;\">Kostas Katsafados<\/span><\/h2>\nDeputy Minister of Maritime Affairs &#038; Insular Policy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0102cb1\" data-id=\"0102cb1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-60adfa1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"60adfa1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d2aad7d\" data-id=\"d2aad7d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-975f9c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"975f9c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/rgc.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/RGC-header-photo-temp.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1050\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rgc.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/RGC-header-photo-temp.jpg 960w, https:\/\/rgc.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/RGC-header-photo-temp-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rgc.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/RGC-header-photo-temp-768x288.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rgc.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/RGC-header-photo-temp-260x98.jpg 260w, https:\/\/rgc.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/RGC-header-photo-temp-50x19.jpg 50w, https:\/\/rgc.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/RGC-header-photo-temp-150x56.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cc7b1d3 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cc7b1d3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9f5b4ad\" data-id=\"9f5b4ad\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fea575 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7fea575\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rgc.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/katsafados-qrkp0t8kba6mq31u8yzfcssf3sa2d3qbvyd7cqm2mq.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5a30487\" data-id=\"5a30487\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1c2cec elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b1c2cec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kostas Katsafados was born on May 29, 1979, in Piraeus, of Mani and Karpathos descent. He is married to Nora Michaloliakou, and they have a daughter, Kalliopi-Anna.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He holds a BA in Finance from the University of Piraeus and anMA in MBA-Tourism Management.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was the Head of DAP-NDFK at the University of Piraeus, and in 2007 was elected as Secretary of the Central Committee of ONNED. He served as Vice President of ONNED from 2010 to 2013.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2002, at the young age of 23, Costas Katsafados was elected as a local councelor at the Municipality of Keratsini.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2004 and for ten consecutive years, his fellow economists had consistently elected him as their representative at the Hellenic Chamber of Commerce (STA).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2006 he was elected prefectural councelor of Athens &#8211; Piraeus prefecture, receiving more than 25,000 votes.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the National \u0395lections of 2012, Katsafados was elected for the first time Member of Parliamentfrom Piraeus A&amp; Islands district. He was reelected in the next twoNational Elections of January and September 2015 respectively.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2016, Kyriakos Mitsotakis appointed him as Deputy Head in Environment &amp; Energy sector of the &#8220;New Democracy&#8221; party.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the National Elections of July 2019, he was reelected the first Member of Parliament in Piraeus A&amp; Islands district and was appointed in the Committees of the Parliament.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On January 4, 2021, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, appointed him asUndersecretary of Shipping &amp; Island Policy.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-06b2162 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"06b2162\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f95f510\" data-id=\"f95f510\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8660c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e8660c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kostas Katsafados Deputy Minister of Maritime Affairs &#038; Insular Policy Kostas Katsafados was born on May 29, 1979, in Piraeus, of Mani and Karpathos descent. 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