Sotirios Hatzigakis

Sotirios Hatzigakis (Greek: Σωτήριος Χατζηγάκης; born 10 October 1945) is a Greek conservative politician.

Born in Trikala, Hatzigakis studied Law at the University of Athens where he gained his bachelor's degree. He obtained a master's degree from the University College London, United Kingdom in Economics and from the Sorbonne of Paris, France in political science.

Sotirios Hatzigakis is a 4th generation politician. He is the offspring of a big political family in Greece. The first Hatzigakis that entered the Parliament was elected in the Greek legislative election, 1892. Since 1892, the Hatzigakis family has always had a representative in the Parliament. Hatzigakis is also the cousin of Evangelos Averoff who was Foreign Minister of Greece and Defense Minister of Greece during the 1960s and 1970s and one of the leading figures in the New Democracy (ND).

Following the collapse of the Greek military junta of 1967-1974, Hatzigakis decided to run for parliament MP with ND. In the Greek legislative election, 1974, Hatzigakis was elected first in his electorate district Trikala and became the youngest member in the Parliament at the age of only 29.