Thanasis Kontogeorgis is the Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister, since June 2023. His main areas of responsibility cover the monitoring and coordination of the government’s work with emphasis on the reform program, the implementation of the National Resilience and Recovery Plan “Greece 2.0”, the local and regional development strategies, etc. He is responsible for the design and preparation of the Consolidated Government Plan with the contribution of the General Secretariat for the Coordination and leads the Special Secretariat of Foresight.
He served for four years as Secretary General for the Coordination of the Government. His portfolio included the planning and coordination activities for the implementation of key governmental policies, the European Enhanced Surveillance Program and the National Resilience and Recovery Plan. He has been particularly involved with crisis management plans, institutional and operational reinforcement of the coordination structures with emphasis on strengthening intra-governmental collaboration. During the economic adjustment programmes, until 2014, he served as Adviser to the Greek Government, providing support on legal, public policy and strategy issues, while he actively participated in the negotiations between the government and the European Commission, IMF and ECB.
He is a lawyer at the Supreme Court and the Council of State. He graduated from Athens College and the Law School of the University of Athens and holds a master’s degree in Public Policy from Harvard University (Master in Public Policy-Harvard Kennedy School of Government). He is married and has two children.