Lefteris Zagoritis (; born 14 September 1956) is a Greek lawyer, politician and former Secretary General of

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. As of 19 September 2015 he is serving as Hellenic Consumers' Ombudsman. Zagoritis, whose family comes from Zagorohoria of

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, was born on the island of

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and is of

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origin. Zagoritis was first elected to the

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on the statewide ticket in 2004 for the Athens B constituency, and was re-elected in 2007. He served as Secretary General of the New Democracy party from 2006 to 2010. Zagoritis is a graduate of the Law School of the

University of Athens The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; , ''Ethnikó kai Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the University of Athens (UoA), is a public university in Athens, Greece, with various campuses alo ...

as well as of the Department of Political Science. For many years he served as elected member and Vice-President of the Athens Bar Association, where he also chaired the Disciplinary Board.

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External links

Personal website
(in Greek)
Biography on Greek Parliament website
* 1956 births Living people New Democracy (Greece) politicians Greek MPs 2004–2007 Greek MPs 2007–2009 Sarakatsani People from Rhodes {{Greece-politician-stub