He was born in 1959 in Athens. He is an economist. Member of Parliament for New Democracy (2022-2023). Minister of Environment and Energy from June 2023. Alternate Minister of Finance, responsible for Fiscal Policy and responsible for preparing and coordinating the implementation of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan "Greece 2.0" (2020-2023).

Deputy Minister of Fiscal Policy (2019-2020), Member of the European Parliament (2009-2014), Secretary General for International Economic Relations and Development Cooperation (2006-2009), Municipal Councilor, Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Athens (2003-2006), responsible for preparing for the 2004 Olympic Games. From 1990 to 1993 he served as Advisor to Prime Minister Konstantinos Mitsotakis and Head of the Prime Minister's Planning and Communication Office.

He also served as President and Director General of the E21 Research Centre (1994-2001). He was the last President of Drasi (2014-2019), which suspended its activity to support New Democracy.

He has worked in advertising and communication since 1985 and he has founded four companies in the fields of communication (1994-1999), crisis management (2000-2006) and agricultural production & processing (2014-2019).

He studied economics in Greece (University of Athens) and business administration (MBA) in England (City University, London) and received a master's degree from the British Market Research Society in Market Research. He has received a PhD from the Department of History and Philosophy of Science of the University of Athens, entitled: "Social tolerance to corruption".

He is married to Eleni Papapanou, has two daughters, Marianna and Irene and four granddaughters.

• 2023 - present Secretary General for Energy & Mineral Resources, Ministry of Environment & Energy

• 2021 - 2023 Member of the board of ENERGEAN, the operator of Prinos Oil Fields, as a representative of the Greek State

• 2020 - 2023 Advisor to Assistant Minister of Finance in the observation of the loan part of RRF

• 2016 - 2019 CEO of DELTA CHEMICALS as a subsidiary of RAVAGO Group

• 2000 – 2022 Vice President of G.E.DIMITRIOU ABEE, commercial company, with activities in distribution and service of the Air Condition market in Greece

• 1994 – 2004 Shareholder, Member of the Board and Investment Committee of AIOLIKI AEEPEY, Investment company listed in the Athens Stock Exchange

• 1986 – 2016 President and CEO of DELTA CHEMICALS SA, commercial company, with subsidiaries in Romania and Turkey, covering all the Balkan area

• 1977 – 2023 President and CEO of DELTA CHEMICALS SA, commercial company, with subsidiaries in Romania and Turkey, covering all the Balkan area

• 1971 - 1976 Degree: Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)

• 2014 – 2018 : Vice President of the political party “DRASSI”

• 2007 – 2019 : Vice President of the Entrepreneurship Club of Greece

• 2000 – 2012 : General Secretary of the political party “THE LIBERALS”

• Candidate for MP in the national elections of 2012, 2015, 2019