Andreas Loverdos was born in Patras in 1956. He has been an Associate Professor of Constitutional Law at the Panteion University of Athens since 1995.
Writer of 9 books and many articles in scientific reviews, he is also a Supreme Court attorney at law specialised in Public Law and a member of the Bar Association of Athens. He is married and has 3 children.
Member of the Greek Parliament for the Socialist Party (PASOK) since 2000. He served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (2002-2004) and Minister of Labaour and Social Security (2009-2010). He was appointed Minister of Labour and Social Security on 7th September 2010.