Petros
KOKKALIS

Petros Kokkalis has been actively involved in public service for the past 25 years, developing social innovation focused on human and sustainable development.
He studied Modern History at the University of Hampshire, and earned his master's degree in public administration at Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

He is co-founder of the non-governmental environmental organization Earth whose work on environmental awareness and education for sustainable development has been awarded by the International Union for the Protection of the Environment (IUCN).

He was elected and served as the Vice-Mayor responsible for economic development and climate change in the municipality of Piraeus (2014 - 2019), where he promoted sustainable entrepreneurship and support of start-ups in the maritime economy.

The European Commission has acknowledged his work, awarding the Blue Growth Piraeus initiative at the European Entrepreneurship Promotion Competition 2018.

During his term of office he led the humanitarian support during the Refugee Crisis in the period 2015-2016 and served as the President of the Municipal Council for Refugees.

In 2019 he was elected MEP, representing Kosmos, a political movement seeking to deliver the UN SDG’s, with the Progressive Alliance - Syriza ticket.