Stavros Kalogiannis: ND MP retired

MP Stavros Kalogiannis has announced that he will not be running in the May 21 election

Stavros Kalogiannis has decided not to run again in the May 21 election. According to reports, the resignation of the MP and former minister was done in full consultation with Megaros Maximos.

Also, in his announcement, the MP declares his confidence in the victory of New Democracy and Kyriakos Mitsotakis in the elections and declares his support for the ruling party, “for the most important things it has provided for the next four years”.

New Democracy announcement about Stavros Kalogiannis

“New Democracy warmly thanks Stavros Kalogiannis for his long and valuable contribution to parliamentarism and factionalism. A political path inextricably linked to moral values ​​and ideological principles, which he will continue to respect.

Stavros Kalogiannis was a Member of Parliament from 2000 to 2015, and in the current parliamentary term. From 2004 to 2009, he was Deputy Minister of PE.HO.DE. From 2012 to 2013 he was Deputy Minister of Growth, Competitiveness, Infrastructure, Transport and Networks, with responsibility for Spatial Planning and Environment.

Throughout his parliamentary career, Mr. Kalogiannis honored the citizens of Ioannina who believed in him and is active in fighting for a better future for Ioannina and Greece, with a confident new republic and Kyriakos Mitsotakis as prime minister.”

Stavros Kalogiannis reports

“As we are in the final stages of the May 21, 2023 elections, I wish to inform my fellow citizens that I will not be a candidate in the forthcoming elections, even though I am confident that the victory of the New Republic will be overwhelming. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. For me an important circle closes and a new one opens.

I am always calm and responsible, with integrity and dignity, delving into problems and trying to establish myself in them or offer solutions. I left my mark on the concession contracts of the country’s highways and the infrastructure projects of Epirus, the national strategy for sustainable development, dealing with climate change, spatial matters and many other small things. and urban planning, institutionalizing protected areas, strengthening local self-government. I have represented our country in more than 50 councils of EU environment ministers and international conventions on environment, climate and transport, I believe with merit.

“I support the new republic with all my might”

My decision was made by Prime Minister Mr. I informed Kyriakos Mitsotakis and expressed my sincere gratitude for his cooperation and trust in me over a period of four years.

In the next period, I plan to make a regular report of my parliamentary work and to visit all the municipalities of the province of Ioannina, in order to thank from the bottom of my heart the women and men of Gianni who have trusted me over the years.

I wholeheartedly support New Democracy, the great liberal party, for the principles and values ​​I believe in and for the most important things it has delivered and will continue to deliver for the country over the next four years. I firmly believe that Greece will continue firmly on the European path carved by Konos Karamanlis, which ensures prosperity and progress for our fellow citizens.