Georgios KYRTSOS

4 June 1952 

Greece

Married with Amalia Karagouni

Two children Christos and Dimitris

Member of the European Parliament (2014 - )

Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

Special Committee on Tax Rulings and Other Measures Similar in Nature or Effect

Committee on Budgets (substitute)

Subcommittee on Security and Defence (substitute)

Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (Vice-Chair)

Delegation for relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo (substitute)

Education

1975: Bsc Industrial Management - MIT

1976: Msc  European Studies- LSE

1980: Phd International Relations- LSE

Professional experience

1982-1996: Editor in Chief responsible for International Economic Affairs, Economicos Tachidromos, Weekly Financial Magazine

1984-2002: Political Analyst, Director and then Publisher, Eleftheros Typos daily newspaper

1988-2002: Director and then Publisher Typos tis Kiriakis, Sunday edition of Eleftheros Typos

2003-2013: Publisher and Owner of CityPress, daily newspaper freely distributed in Athens and the region of Attica 

2008- June 2014: Publisher and Owner of Free Sunday, weekly freely distributed newspaper in Athens, the region of Attica and Thessaloniki