Kostis Gontikas was born in
Athens in 1934, and was the son of
Dimitrios Gontikas, a politician and
president of the
Greek parliament. He later studied at the
Athens College and law at the
University of Athens. He continued his studies at the
University of Luxembourg. He was elected in 1974 and 1978 as MP of the
Elis Prefecture, and in
1981 as a
Member of the European Parliament (MEP), with the
New Democracy Party. Gontikas was married and had three children. He died on 28 June 2024, at the age of 90. ==References==