Under the Patronage of H.E. the President of the Hellenic Republic Ms. Katerina Sakellaropoulou
Delphi Economic Forum IX
April 10-13, 2024
Stavros Keletsis
Stavros Keletsis
Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Food
Ministry of Rural Development and Food, Greece
Stavros Keletsis was born in 1965 in Alexandroupolis, where he still lives with his family. He is married to Olga Mpikou and has four children: Konstantina, Dimitris, Alexis, and Manolis. He is a lawyer.
. He studied law and political sciences at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He speaks English.
. He served as a member of the executive office of ΟΝΝΕΔ (New Democracy’s Youth Organization), as manager of the Ideological and Political Planning Committee chaired by Kostis Chatzidakis, and as a member of New Democracy’s Central Committee.
. He served the state government as a state counselor for the district of Evros between 1994 and 1998.
. In 2017, the state party “Cooperation for our Place”, which he was the head of, as well as a running state governor, came first in the Evros district, gaining over 50% of the casted votes, but wasn’t elected due to the electoral system and the result of the election in the Rodopi district.
. He served as a member of the parliament for the district of Evros as a member of New Democracy party during 2004-2009 and 2019-2023. In the general election of June 2023, he was re-elected as a member of parliament, and was appointed by the prime minister as a deputy minister in the Ministry of Agricultural Development.