Stavros Papastavrou (Greek: Σταύρος Παπασταύρου; born 1967) is a Greek politician who currently serves as Minister for the Environment and Energy on the second cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
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Education
He studied law at the University of Athens and graduated in 1990 (valedictorian). He was granted a state scholarship and continued with graduate studies at Harvard University.
Political career
From 1989 to 1991 he was chairman of European Democrat Students, while from 1997 to 2001 Papastavrou was chairperson of the Democrat Youth Community of Europe.
He was a candidate in 1999 Euro-elections with New Democracy but not elected. In 2004 when Nea Demokratia won the national elections in Greece, Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis appointed him International Secretary of New Democracy, the centre-right party of Greece. At the Euroelections of June 2009 he was again a candidate, this time ranked 9, but his party Nea Demokratia elected only 8.
After the elections of 2009 the new leader of Nea Demokratia Antonis Samaras re-appointed him as International Secretary, a position he held until 2015.