Member of the European Parliament politician
He studied law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He graduated in 1983 with a Bachelor distinction (990/10). He earned his Doctor of Philosophy in 1987 from the Leibniz University in Hanover, Germany with honours (Magna Cum Laude).
Academic In 1990 he was appointed Lecturer of the Law Faculty of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, in 1993 he became Assistant Professor. He delivered lectures in Constitutional Law for years at the National Academy of Judges and the Hellenic Open University and as a Visiting Professor at the University of Regensburg and University of Hanover respectively. He has published 16 books, including the handbooks Constitutional Law and Private and Social Rights, which are used in Greek universities for teaching purposes, and more than 100 research papers in legal journals and edited books in Greek, English and German.
Kostas Chrysogonos joined forces with the Greek Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) and ran for a European Parliament seat in 2014 European elections.
In the aftermath of his first campaign he managed to seal the 6th position of the group of MEPs to represent SYRIZA at the European Parliament ahead of prominent figures. He has tabled many written questions, declarations, amendments to resolutions and reports.
He also organized several events.
As a Member of the European Parliament he is a Vice-President of the Committee on Development (DEVE), full member of the Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) and member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE). He is also a member of the Delegation to the European Union-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee and a substitute member of the Delegation to the CARIFORUM — European Union Parliamentary Committee as well as the United States of America — European Union Parliamentary Committee.
