Background
Evert was born in Athens, Greece, the son of the Athens police chief Angelos Evert.
Evert was born in Athens, Greece, the son of the Athens police chief Angelos Evert.
He studied at the Athens School of Economics and Business Science.
He also served many times as minister. His father, Angelos Evert, was chief of police during the Nazi occupation of Greece in World World War II and was credited for saving many Jews and resistance fighters from Gestapo persecution. The Ewert family is of Bavarian origin, one of the families that settled in Athens during the reign of King Otto in the early 19th century.
As Mayor of Athens in 1987, Evert was the first to exercise the legal possibility of opposition radio broadcasting in Greece since all radio stations (including television networks) were a state monopoly.
He helped launch Athena 98.4 FM, the first private radio station to begin broadcasting legally in Greece. On February 9, 2011, Evert died in Athens at the age of 71.
Evert served as the Mayor of Athens from January 1, 1987 to May 14, 1989, and he was Chairman of New Democracy from 1993 to 1997.