Born in Ellinopyrgos, Karditsa, Sioufas received a degree in political science and public administration at the Panteion University of Athens as well as in law from the University of Thessaloniki.

[1][3] He left this position when a new government was sworn in on 19 September 2007 and was instead nominated as Speaker of Parliament.

[1] From April 2000[2] to March 2004, he was Secretary General of the New Democracy Parliamentary Group.

[1] Sioufas married Kaity Anagnostaki and had two sons and a daughter.

[2] This page incorporates information from the Hellenic Parliament website