He held the office of the Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs of Greece from 23 September 2015 to 5 November 2016.

He was a member of both the Central Committee and Senate of the national students union, EFEE, and was secretary of the youth of the Communist Party of Greece (Interior).

He has worked as an editor at various radio stations, including FLASH, Polis, VimaFm and EPA 4.

He has written a number of articles on politics for newspapers Ta Nea, Epochi and the magazines Anti and Politis.

"[3] As minister of Education and Religious Affairs he clashed with Archbishop Ieronymos about teaching of the religion course in Schools.