Christos Spirtzis

Christos Spirtzis (; born 1969) is a Greek engineer and centre-left independent politician. From 2015 to 2019, he served as the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport in the government of Alexis Tsipras.

Biography Early life and education Born 1969 in Athens and raised in the nearby Ampelokipoi,

Professional career In 1999 he was appointed a member of the Economic and Social Committee of Greece, a post he would hold until 2008. In September 2010, he was promoted to the post of the president of the chamber. Presiding over the Democratic Coalition of Technicians , he was re-elected as president of TEE in 2013. Announcing that the government would stop the privatization of fourteen regional airports, he said: "The central position of the government is to stop the privatizations of infrastructure which serve and can help the development of the country." In an article published by Politico, Spirtzis was mentioned as one of the two former ministers suspected by EPPO prosecutors for breach of duty in connection with the Tempi train crash in Feb 28 2023 where 57 people were killed.