Kostas Hatzidakis is Vice President of the Government, member of the Greek Parliament and Vice President of the New Democracy Party. He was born in Rethymno, Crete, in 1965. He is a member of the Greek Parliament since 2007. He is a lawyer in Athens. President of the Youth Organization of New Democracy (1992-1994). Member of the European Parliament (1994-2007). Minister in the Ministries of Transport (2007-2009), Development (2012-2014), Environment and Energy (2019-2021), Labor and Social Affairs (2021-2023) and National Economy and Finance (2023-2025).