Markos Kounalakis
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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.[lower-alpha 1] Kounalakis 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' last syndicated weekly column appeared in the Miami Herald on November 6, 2020.[4] His 2018 National Society of Newspaper Columnists award stated that "Kounalakis's world affairs columns not only offer strong prose and strong opinions, they offer an education."[5] In 2019, he won a SPJ Sunshine State Award for his foreign affairs commentary and criticism.[6]
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Markos Kounalakis | |
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Second Gentleman of California | |
Assumed role January 7, 2019 | |
Lieutenant Governor | Eleni Kounalakis |
Preceded by | Jennifer Siebel Newsom (as Second Lady) |
Personal details | |
Born | (1956-12-01) December 1, 1956 (age 67)[1] San Francisco, California, U.S. |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
Education | University of California, Berkeley (BA) Columbia University (MSc) |
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.[7]
Kounalakis is president and publisher emeritus of the Washington Monthly, a magazine founded by Charles Peters in 1969. Along with Ray Suarez, he co-hosts the WorldAffairs podcast and syndicated radio program.[8] He co-anchored with Peter Laufer the nationally syndicated weekly political program, Washington Monthly on the Radio.[9]