Theodoros Roussopoulos

Theodoros Rousopoulos (Greek Θεόδωρος Ρουσόπουλος; born 13 September 1963 Kyparissia; Roussopoulos also ) is a Greek journalist and politician.

Biography

Rousopoulos studied journalism in Athens. His studies he added at the Oxford Academy. From 1981 he worked as a journalist in Athens, initially in the newspapers Eleftherotypia and Kyriatiki Eleftherotypia, then as co-founder of private broadcasting (Member of the Program Committee at the radio station " Athina 9.84 ") and the private television ( political editor and editor in chief of " MEGA Channel " ), an employee of the newspaper " Nea Mesimvrini "and" Kathimerini tis Kyriakis " and political commentator for the television channel" STAR ".

In 2000, he was spokesman for the New Democracy party.

Rousopoulos was since March 10, 2004 Minister of State and government spokesman and was a close confidant of Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis.

On 23 October 2008 Rousopoulos resigned after the Greek parliament approved the establishment of a Vorermittlungsausschusses which is to examine its role in the controversial real estate transactions with the Athos Monastery of Vatopedi, among others. On 12 June 2009 he taught Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis of his decision not to seek candidacy for the party " New Democracy " at the next general election.

Real estate scandal

Rousopoulos was the focus of opposition attacks in a scandal over controversial real estate transactions between the Greek State and the Athos Monastery of Vatopedi. The lake had been the monastery allegedly bequeathed nearly 1,000 years ago by the Byzantine emperors. Although the claims of ownership of the monastery were in dispute, they were recognized by the state. In exchange for the lake with its entire water surface and all the shore land the monastery received 260 high-value land in the developed tourism areas, even in the Olympic village in Athens, some of which immediately resold it at a profit. "You have the state of the lake - that is 'air' sold - and it get valuable offices, land and building in Athens to exchange " criticized the opposition. The State has been the damage that is caused by the fact that the space occupied by the monastery lakeside plots strongly overvalued exchange and state land was undervalued, is estimated at 100 million euros. The real estate scandal rocked the government of Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis harshly; it also led to the resignation of those involved in the real estate business Handelsmarineminsters Giorgos Voulgarakis. Rousopoulos to be a close friend of the Vatopedi Abbot Ephraim.