Nikolas Farantouris (born 28 January 1976)[1] is a Greek politician. He was elected as a member of the European Parliament for the Syriza party in 2024.[2]

Nikolas Farantouris
Member-elect of the European Parliament
for Greece
Assumed office
16 July 2024
Personal details
Born (1976-01-28) 28 January 1976 (age 48)
Athens, Greece
Political partySyriza

He has worked as a lawyer at Goldman Sachs and the international law firm Norton Rose in London, Brussels and Athens.[3]

Political career

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He is a member of Syriza with an active political presence.[4] In the national elections of May and June 2023 he was a candidate for MP with SYRIZA in the single-member constituency of Cephalonia, but was not elected. Farantouris ran with SYRIZA in the 2024 European Parliament elections, where he was elected.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Φαραντούρης Νικόλαος". Syriza (in Greek). Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  2. ^ "These are Europe's new MEPs". Politico. 13 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Νικόλαος Φαραντούρης". ΕΛΙΑΜΕΠ (in Greek). 17 July 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  4. ^ Συμεωνίδης, Γιάννης (14 January 2023). "ΣΥΡΙΖΑ: Ο Νικόλας Φαραντούρης πρότυπο «γέφυρας» με το ΠΑΣΟΚ". CNN.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  5. ^ "ΣΥΡΙΖΑ: Οι υποψήφιοι για τις ευρωεκλογές – Οι 5 επιλογές Κασσελάκη". Η ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ (in Greek). 19 April 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.