General Secretaries

Konstantinos Tsagkaropoulos

Secretary General for Social Security

Konstantinos Tsagkaropoulos was born in Piraeus, in 1973. He is married and father of three daughters. On January 3^rd1997 he started his professional career as Attorney-at-Law and, gradually, he specialized in Social Security Law, in Public Law and in Labor Law. From 20/9/2001 to 5/10/2012 he was member of the Main Staff at the State Legal Council, from which position he resigned at the grade of Judicial Representative A’ Class. During this period Mr Tsagkaropoulos served at the State Legal Council Office at the Ministry of Agriculture, at the Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs, at the Community Law Special Office at the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, at the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change. He was also assigned with special legal services at the private offices of Ministers for Agriculture and Food, Employment and Social Welfare, Economy and Finance (General Accounting Office).

As a lawyer, he assumed the role of Legal Counsel to the Minister of Labor, Social Security and Welfare, to the Minister of Development and Competitiveness, and to the Minister of National Defense. In parallel, he also served as Member of the Social Security Board and of the Supreme Work Council. During the period as Courtroom Lawyer and until 30/8/2019, Mr Tsagkaropoulos was Legal Counsel to various Legal Entities of Public and Private Law (NPDD and NPID), professional bodies, enterprises and physical persons, responsible for the implementation of the GDPR, scientific head of the Piraeus Bar Association responsible for the organization of GDPR workshops, speaker at scientific Fora on Social Security Law, while at the same period, he was author of published articles in scientific reviews, webpages and newspapers, and he has also been a panelist (TV and Radio) discussing Social Security issues. During this period, Mr Tsagkaropoulos was honored by peers in being elected as advisor-member of the Board of the Piraeus Bar Association. In this capacity, he was appointed as deputy member of the Legal Steering Committee at EFKA (National Body for Social Security).

At the Municipal Elections in May 2019, he was elected Municipal Counsel at Marousi (Attica) a position assumed until 10/5/2022. On 30/8/2019 he was assigned First Deputy Governor at EFKA and in this capacity he was Chair of the Committee to reform the institutional framework regarding the work voucher and work stamp (ergosimo – titlos ktisis), and deputy Chair in the Work Group for the Single Regulation for Sickness Benefit Provisions and other Benefit Provisions at e-EFKA. During the same period, he was also member of the Board at the Investment Fund Management Company of Social Security Funds (ΕΔΕΚΤ ΑΕΠΕΥ) (30/9/2019-27/5/2020). In parallel, from 2/9/2020 until 23/3/2022, he participated in the Board of Attica Bank, initially as Member and subsequently as Vice Chair. On 26/4/2021 he resigned from the position of First Deputy Governor at EFKA, to assume the role of Governor and Chair of the Board at NAT (Seafarers Insurance Fund), a position he served until he took office as Secretary General for Social Security.

Mr Tsagkaropoulos has graduated from the School of Law, at the National Kapodistrian University of Athens. He also holds two post graduate degrees, an LL.M. in History Sociology and Philosophy of Law, at the Athens Law School, specialization “Sociology of Law, Science and Technology”, and an LL.M.  in Public Law at the European University of Cyprus, specialization “Public Law”. He has been honored with the position of Lecturer-in-Charge in Social Security Law and Public Law, at the European University of Cyprus (EUC).