Kostas Skrekas (, born 14 March 1973) is a Greek civil engineer and politician of the

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party who served as Minister of the Environment and Energy in the

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from 2021 to 2023.

Political career

In the May 2012 elections, Skrekas was first elected a member of the parliament, representing

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, making him one of the youngest MPs at the time. From November 2014 to January 2015, Skrekas briefly served as Minister of Development and Competitiveness in the

of Prime Minister

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. Following the

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, Skrekas became deputy of Minister of Rural Development and Food

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, in charge of Common Agricultural Policy in the Mitsotakis government. After a reshuffle on 4 January 2021, he became the new Minister of Environment and Energy. In this capacity, he signed a revised $3.1 billion contract with Canada’s Eldorado Gold in February 2021, covering the company's Skouries,

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and

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/ Mavres Petres mines and facilities in northern Greece.Angeliki Koutantou and Arundhati Sarkar (February 5, 2021)
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Skrekas, Kostas Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Government ministers of Greece Environment ministers of Greece New Democracy (Greece) politicians Greek MPs 2019–2023 Politicians from Athens Greek civil engineers 1973 births Alumni of the University of Birmingham