Georgantas Georgios

Deputy Minister of Digital Governance, responsible for the Simplification of Administrative Procedures of the Hellenic Republic

Georgantas Georgios

Deputy Minister of Digital Governance, responsible for the Simplification of Administrative Procedures of the Hellenic Republic

Biography

Georgios Georgantas is the Deputy Minister of Digital Governance, responsible for the Simplification of Administrative Procedures and a Member of Hellenic Parliament for Kilkis. Deputy Minister Georgantas studied Law at the Democritus University of Thrace and worked as a trial attorney for twenty years before entering politics. He has been serving as Member of the Hellenic Parliament since 2012, elected with Nea Demokratia party in four consecutive general elections. Deputy Minister Georgantas has been an active parliamentarian, having played a key role as member of the Committee of Inquiry into the health scandals during the years 1997-2014 and of the Preliminary Examination Committee on the Novartis case. He also served as Deputy Minister of Education and Religious Affairs in 2014 and as Shadow Minister for Administrative Reconstruction between 2016 and 2019. He is married and father of two.