Christos Verelis (Greek: Χρήστος Βερελής, born 3 June 1950) is a Greek politician. Born in Athens, was the Greek Minister for Transport and Communications from April 13, 2000, to March 10, 2004. Graduating from the German School of Athens, Christos Verelis studied chemistry at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and later on completed his Ph.D. in the chemistry of natural products in Germany. Christos Verelis speaks the languages English, German and French. In the general elections of 1996 and 2000, he was elected MP (PASOK) for Aetolia-Acarnania. From 1996 to 13 April 2000, Verelis was Deputy Minister for the Environment, Town Planning and Public Works. Besides that, he was managing director of the Hellenic Oil Refinery in Aspropyrgos, and president of the ASPROFOS company (1986–1989