Konstadinos Koukodimos

New Democracy MP Giorgos Stylios has been appointed deputy education minister after Costas Koukodimos resigned on Monday, citing personal reasons.

Stylios, who was elected to Parliament with the conservative party in Arta, northwestern Greece, is a professor in the Business Administration Department at the Technological Educational Institute of the Ionian Islands.

Deputy Education Minister Costas Koukodimos resigned from his post on Monday citing personal reasons while reports indicated that his struggling businesses in Pieria, northern Greece, were the actual reason for his departure.

Deputy Education Minister Costas Koukodimos has resigned from his post citing personal reasons.

In a statement released Monday, Koukodimos said he would continue to support the conservative-led government and Prime Minister Antonis Samaras's “huge effort to regenerate the country.”