{"id":16683,"date":"2022-03-23T11:19:37","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T11:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rgc.gr\/?page_id=16683"},"modified":"2022-04-10T19:23:50","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T19:23:50","slug":"george-papanastasiou","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rgc.gr\/gr\/speakers-2022\/george-papanastasiou\/","title":{"rendered":"George Papanastasiou"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"16683\" class=\"elementor elementor-16683\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4571740 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4571740\" 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 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elementor-size-default\">George Papanastasiou<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1636650 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1636650\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&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><strong>Mayor of the Municipality of Agrinio<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1c2cec animated-slow 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;\">George Papanastasiou was born in 1966 in Agrinio. He studied at the Polytechnic School of the Democritus University of Thrace and obtained the Diploma of Electrical Engineer in 1992.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a student, has been an active member of the student movement.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He served his military duties as a Reserve Engineer Officer. Since 1993 he lives and works in Agrinio as an Engineer.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1998 he was elected Prefectural Councilor for the first time.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1999 he was elected Vice President and then President of the Development Council (AN.AITAE).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2000, in the elections of the Technical Chamber of Greece, he was elected as a member of the delegation at the Aitoloakarnanian branch of\u00a0 Technical Chamber of Greece and then a member of the Steering Committee.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2002 he was appointed Deputy Mayor of Aitoloakarnania. In the Prefectural elections of 2002, he was re-elected Prefectural Councilor.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In March 2004 he was elected president at the Aitoloakarnanian branch of\u00a0 Technical Chamber of Greece, a position in which he was re-elected in 2007.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From 2012 to 2014, he was a member of the Steering Committee of the Technical Chamber of Greece.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From September 2004 to October 2005 he served as Deputy Commander of the University General Hospital of Patras (Rio).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was elected Mayor of Agrinio, as leader of the &#8220;Agrinio New Beginning-Place to Live&#8221; municipal party, in the 2014 Municipal Elections. The citizens of Agrinio renewed their confidence in him in the 2019 Municipal Elections with his re-election as Mayor of Agrinio.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also served as president of the Regional Association of Municipalities of Western Greece (PED).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After his second election to the municipal council and since today, he is a member of the Board of Directors of\u00a0 Central Union of Municipalities of Greece (KEDE).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, since January 2020, he has taken over the duties of the Chairman of the Committee on Energy, Environment and Waste Management of Central Union of Municipalities of Greece.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He is married to lawyer Eleftheria Zapantioti and they have two sons.<\/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>Meet our Speakers George Papanastasiou Mayor of the Municipality of Agrinio George Papanastasiou was born in 1966 in Agrinio. 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