Dimitris Papastergiou – Minister of Digital Governance of Greece

He was born in 1973 in Trikala. He graduated from the Multidisciplinary High School of Trikala and from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). At the same time, he attended journalism courses, while maintaining strong ties with technology and the internet — a relationship that was further strengthened at the NTUA Multimedia Laboratory.
In 2001, together with a team of associates, he created and presented the first comprehensive website for the Prefecture of Trikala, 3kala.gr. Since 2002 he has been working as an Electrical and Computer Engineer in the city of Trikala. He has been involved in the design and construction of private electromechanical projects as well as in the development of computer software. In 2007 he entered the field of renewable energy sources and has built more than 300 private RES projects.
His involvement in public affairs began in 2002, when he was elected to the Municipal Council. He was re-elected in 2006, and in 2014 he was elected Mayor of Trikala and a member of the Board of the Central Union of Municipalities of Greece (KEDE). He was re-elected Mayor in 2019 and, in the same year, was also elected President of KEDE.
He is married to engineer Soula Braki and describes himself as a happy father of Fai, Kostas and Nikos. Since June 2023 he has been serving as Minister of Digital Governance in the government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis.