Giorgos Manousos (Born Heraklion, Crete, 7 February 1985) is a Greek politician and independent Member of Parliament, elected in the B2 West Athens constituency with the Spartans party in June 2023.
Biography Professional career He was born in Heraklion, Crete in 1985. and is a graduate of the Department of Informatics Engineering of the Mediterranean University of Crete., with his thesis focusing on RFID chip technology. Since 2007, he has been working in the private sector, specifically in the food retail industry. He speaks English, is married, and is the father of two children. Concurrently, he was active in amateur football for more than twenty years and has participated in initiatives for the rights of people with disabilities.
Political career Party alignment and election In May 2021, he registered as a member of the National Party – Greeks, participating in social solidarity initiatives and contributing articles to the political formation's official website.
In the legislative election of 25 June 2023, he stood as a candidate and was elected as a Member of Parliament for the West Athens (B2 constituency) with the "Spartans" party.
Internal party crises and independence On 4 September 2023, via an official letter to the Speaker of the Parliament, he announced his departure from the party's parliamentary group to sit as an independent. However, he rejoined it the following day. This crisis was triggered by a request from the party's MPs to hold an open democratic national convention to staff the party's governing bodies, which had remained vacant following the party's entry into Parliament.
On 4 April 2024, Manousos announced his final and irrevocable departure from the party to sit as an independent. The decision was made following an order by the Prosecutor of the Supreme Court to initiate criminal prosecution against eleven Spartans MPs for the offense of "deceiving voters."
On 14 May 2025, the court of first instance acquitted Giorgos Manousos, Ilias Kasidiaris, and the other accused MPs. On 27 May 2025, the Appeals Prosecutor appealed the acquittal, referring the case to the court of second instance.
Parliamentary work As an independent MP, he has carried out parliamentary activities by submitting questions, petitions, and requests for the production of documents (AKEs). He is the first independent Member of Parliament in the post-junta period (Metapolitefsi) to draft and table four personal private member's bills, which concerned: the digitalisation of electoral processes , the modernisation of the Supreme Council for Civil Personnel Selection (ASEP) through the establishment of the National Registry of Employment and Unemployment Combating (EMAKA), the institutional framework for the issuance and supervision of municipal bonds, and the institutionalisation of the "Fair Rent" initiative to address the housing crisis.
Furthermore, within the framework of his cooperation with the "Alliance of Independent MPs", he co-signed private member's bills for the reduction of state funding to political parties, as well as for the amendment of Presidential Decree 194/2025 regarding building conditions in small settlements.
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