Kostas Zouraris (b.1940 in Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...

) is a Macedonian Greek political scientist and writer.
He studied law in Thessaloniki and political science in Paris, where he was involved in the May 1968 movementhttp://www.apopsi.com.cy/2008/05/144. He has taught political science

Political science

Political Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...

 at Vincennes-Paris university since 1969. He is also a politician, erstwhile member of the pro-Soviet Greek communist party and of the euro-Communist party (KKE Interior), and the former editor of newspaper Makedonia

Makedonia (newspaper)

Makedonia is a Greek daily newspaper published in Thessaloniki. Being one of the oldest newspapers in Greece, it was first published in 1911 by Konstantinos Vellidis. The present owner is the company Makedoniki Ekdotiki Ektipotiki AE. Currently, director of the newspaper is Dimitrios Gousidis, the...

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Kostas Zouraris is a prominent speaker of the Greek position in the Macedonia naming dispute

Macedonia naming dispute

A diplomatic dispute over the use of the name Macedonia has been an ongoing issue in the bilateral relations between Greece and the Republic of Macedonia since the latter became independent from former Yugoslavia in 1991...

, frequently speaking on behalf of those opposing any compromise solution for the name of the neighbouring former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia

Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...

 that would include the word "Macedonia" or its derivatives. In May 2009 together with Stelios Papathemelis

Stelios Papathemelis

Stelios Papathemelis is a Greek politician and lawyer.-Early life:He was born in Thessaloniki on January, 1938. He studied law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.This man is Macedonian from village of Ossa, Langada, Thessaloniki, Macedonia .-Political career :He was elected for the first...

 he founded the Panhellenic Macedonian Front

Panhellenic Macedonian Front

The Panhellenic Macedonian Front is a political party in Greece. It was founded in May 2009 by the politician Stelios Papathemelis and professor Kostas Zouraris to run in the European Parliamentary elections of June with 22 candidates...

 coalition to run in the European Parliamentary elections. The party included Greek Macedonian diaspora organisations in its structure.http://www.in.gr/news/article.asp?lngEntityID=1011264&lngDtrID=244

Books

• "Alpha vers" (1987)
• Gelas Hellas Apophras: Stoicheia Kai Stoicheia Sten Romeeke Anchivasien (1990)
• Athlia, Athla, Themethla ( 1997)
• L.O.K. Logoi Ovrimon Katadromon (1998)