CHristos D. Goudis

Christos Goudis was born in Piraeus in 1947. He has been a professor at the University of Patras since 1981, where he continues to serve to this day. Since 2001, he has also been the director of the Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the National Observatory of Athens and, since 2003, the vice president of the Board of Directors of the National Observatory of Athens. He is also responsible for the major project of operating the new Greek telescope "Aristarchos." He served as the president of the Department of Physics at the University of Patras during the periods 1985-1987 and 1987-1989 and as the director of the Division of Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, Astronomy, and Astrophysics in the academic years 1999-2000 and 2000-2001. He was the founder and director of studies at the Free Municipal University (EL.DI.PA) of Piraeus during the mayoralty of Andreas Andrianopoulos (1987-1989) and the founder and director of the Communication Office of the Municipality of Patras during the mayoralty of Evangelos Floratos (1999-2000). He was also a member of the Board of Directors of the Municipal Regional Theater (DI.PE.THE.) of Patras (1999-2002). He is fluent in seven foreign languages (English, German, Spanish, Russian, French, Italian, and Portuguese) and has published extensive translation and original poetic works. Since 1982, he has contributed to shaping the ideology and political philosophy of the broader liberal, national, and libertarian Right, as well as its policies on Research, Education, and Culture, through his activities in all the think tanks of the party, including the K.P.E.E. (Center for Political Research and Training), the KI.P.A.E.A. (Movement for Multilateral Disarmament, Freedom, and Security of Europe), the E.M.PRO.S. (Society for the Study of Collective Problems), the I.PO.ME. (Institute of Political Studies), the "Liberal Forum," the KE.ME.PE. (Center for the Study of Hellenism's Problems), his position as head of ideology and politics at the I.D.K.K. (Institute of Democracy "Konstantinos Karamanlis"), and his continuous participation in many committees of the New Democracy party for Research and Education. Despite his active involvement in the broader party activities, he remains politically unaffiliated and self-identifies as an anarcho-rightist.