His mother was the sister of Civil War commander of Greek People's Liberation ArmyELAS Nikiforos [el].
He worked for radio stations Athens 984, of which he was a founding member, Flash 961, 941 Communication, SevenX, KLIK FM 92,6 and ANT1, emitting daily from 1987 to 2010.
He was a member of the Communist Party of Greece (Interior) [KKE (Interior)] until 1987, and then a founding member of the Greek Left (EAR), of the Synaspismos coalition in '89-90 and of the Democratic Left (DIMAR).
In 2010 he left Synaspismos (then part of the multi-party Syriza coalition) with fellow MPs Fotis Kouvelis, Thanasis Leventis and Nikos Tsoukalis when the Renewal Wing platform of Synaspismos split from the party at its 6th congress.
He was expelled from DIMAR in 2014 and successfully competed in the January and September 2015 for The River (To Potami).