He served as a non-parliamentary Deputy Minister for National Defence in the government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis from 9 July 2019 to 31 August 2021.
[1] In 2005–2007 he served as director of the Armed Forces Transformation Bureau at the Hellenic National Defence General Staff.
[1] Following promotion to colonel in 2007, he served as chief of staff to the 23rd Armoured Brigade, and in 2008 completed an MBA on Security Strategies at the US National Defense University with distinction.
[1] On 25 January 2019, the Government Council for Foreign Affairs and Defence, as part of a major reshuffle of the military leadership, announced his replacement by Lt. General Georgios Kambas.
[5][6] On 23 October 2019, he was given the role of special coordinator for all government agencies in the context of the European migrant crisis, and the refugees located in the eastern Aegean islands.