For an hour, paramedics attempted to revive Apostolos Vesyropoulos, but were unsuccessful, the Ministry of Health said in a statement regarding the death of the Secretary of the Parliamentary Group of New Democracy.

The 59-year-old politician suffered cardiac arrest while at Kalogria Beach in Sithonia, Chalkidiki, after feeling unwell.

The Ministry noted that EKAV reached Kalogria quickly despite the difficult terrain (in 21 minutes after being notified) and emphasized that despite CPR efforts, there was no response.

It is also worth noting that CPR efforts had begun before the ambulance arrived, performed by an off-duty EKAV paramedic and a doctor on site.

Full Statement from the Ministry of Health

“At 12:42, EKAV received a call about a cardiac arrest at Kalogria Beach, Chalkidiki. The call was immediately forwarded to a rapid response motorcycle and an ambulance. Despite the difficult terrain, both the ambulance and the motorcycle arrived at 13:03.
At the scene were an off-duty EKAV paramedic and a doctor who had immediately begun CPR, without response. CPR continued with all technical means by the EKAV paramedics, again without response.
The patient was taken at 13:48 and transported to the Agios Nikolaos Health Center, arriving at 14:19.
Death was confirmed at the Health Center.”

Who Was Apostolos Vesyropoulos

Apostolos F. Vesyropoulos was a Member of Parliament for Imathia and, from April 4, 2025, Secretary of the Parliamentary Group of New Democracy. From August 29, 2023, to March 2025, he served as Chair of the Standing Committee on Financial Affairs of Parliament. From July 2019 to June 2023, he was Deputy Minister of Finance, responsible for Tax Policy and Public Property, in the government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

He was born in Veria on May 29, 1966, and was originally from Alexandria, Imathia. He was married to Professor Katerina Katsavou and had two children.

Positions Held:

• Secretary of the Parliamentary Group of New Democracy
• Former Deputy Minister of Finance, responsible for Tax Policy and Public Property

Duties as Deputy Minister of Finance:

• General Secretariat of Tax Policy and Public Property
• Oversight of the following legal entities:
  1. Committee of Olympic and Endowments
  2. Varvakeio Foundation
  3. Committee for Accounting Standardization and Audits (ELTE)

Education and Training

• PhD candidate at the Democritus University of Thrace, Law School, Department of Public Law and Political Science (Tax Law)
• Two Master’s Degrees:
  1. Strategic Managerial Accounting and Financial Management, University of Macedonia
  2. Public Law and Political Science, Democritus University of Thrace (Tax Law)
• Economist, graduate of:
  • Department of Business Administration and Organizations, Hellenic Open University
  • Department of Accounting and Finance, School of Management and Economics, TEI Thessaly

Political and Professional Career

Vesyropoulos was elected MP for Imathia multiple times:

• May 21, 2023 – re-elected first by preference votes
• July 7, 2019 – re-elected first by preference votes
• January 2015 – elected first, and September 2015 – head of party list
• June 2012 – first elected MP

He was also responsible for New Democracy’s Tax Policy Sector (2015) and appointed Deputy Head of Finance (2016).

Local Government:

• 2010 – Municipal Councilor, Veria
• 2006 – Prefectural Councilor, Imathia

Other Roles:

• 2007–2008 – First Deputy Prefect, Imathia
• Parliamentary Committees: Financial Affairs (chair and secretary), Defense & Foreign Affairs, Public Administration & Justice, Parliament Regulations, Public Companies, Budget Control, and more.

Before politics, he worked in the private sector and later was appointed to the Ministry of Finance through a national civil service exam (ASEP).