Pappas Nikos

Nikos Pappas was born in 1976. He lived in the working class suburb of Kesariani. He joined the Youth Structures of Synaspismos (the left wing Coalition Political Party) in 1993 and he was elected afterwards Member of its Board.

He studied and worked in Scotland for several years.

He taught economics and worked as researcher in various projects at the Fraser of Allander Institute – University of Strathclyde.

He was awarded a Ph.D degree in economics from  Strathclyde  University.

Nikos Pappas held the position of the director of Alexis Tsipras office from 2008 to 2015.

In the (January 2015) general elections he was elected as Member of the Parliament in the Athens B constituency. He was re-elected in the general election of September 2015.

He served as the Minister of State from January 2015 until November 2016 and as the Minister of Digital Policy Telecommunications and Media from November 2016 until July 2019.

He is currently Member of the Parliament and he is also member of the Political Council of Syriza.