Ioannis Averoff

Ioannis Averoff
Ιωάννης Αβέρωφ
Averoff in 1999
Member of the European Parliament
In office
20 July 1999 – 19 July 2004
ConstituencyGreece
Personal details
Born
PartyNew Democracy
RelationsEvangelos Averoff (uncle)

Ioannis Averoff (Greek: Ιωάννης Αβέρωφ) is a Greek politician and economist. He served in the Hellenic Parliament and the European Parliament.

Biography

Averoff was born in Athens on 23 December 1944 to Michael Averoff and Maria Papastratos. He studied economics at Athens University of Economics and Business, and worked at his mother's family's tobacco factory. He entered politics by becoming mayor of Metsovo.[1] He ran in the 1986 Athens mayoral election but lost, receiving 1.49% of the vote. In the triple elections of 1989-1990, Averoff was elected to the Hellenic Parliament for the Ioannina constituency. He started his first term in the Parliament on 18 May 1989, and resigned 11 September 1993 from the Parliament.[2] He was elected to the European Parliament in the 1999 European Parliament election in Greece, placing 9th on his party ballot. He served one term.[3]

References

  1. ^ "1999 New Democracy MEP candidate biographies". Archived from the original on 2012-09-20.
  2. ^ "Parliamentary Term of Office of Members of Parliament From the Post-Coalition Period to the Present".
  3. ^ "MEP Ioannis Averoff". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2026-03-14.