Markos Kounalakis
Markos Kounalakis | |
|---|---|
Kounalakis in 2023 | |
| Second Gentleman of California | |
Current | |
| Assumed role January 7, 2019 | |
| Lieutenant Governor | Eleni Kounalakis |
| Preceded by | Jennifer Siebel Newsom (as Second Lady) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 1, 1956 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley (BA) Columbia University (MSc) Central European University (PhD) |
Markos Kounalakis (Greek: Μάρκος Κουναλάκης; born December 1, 1956) is an American syndicated journalist and scholar who is the second gentleman of California as the husband of lieutenant governor Eleni Kounalakis. He writes a syndicated weekly foreign affairs column for The Miami Herald and McClatchy-Tribune News and is a frequent foreign affairs analyst for CBS News and CNN International.
Kounalakis is a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution and a senior fellow at the Center for Media, Data, and Society at Central European University.