On Dec. 22, 2024, President-elect Donald Trump announced his intention to appoint Archon Michael J. Kratsios as Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and Science Advisor to the President. In this Cabinet-level position, Archon Kratsios will work on artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency.
Dr. Anthony J. Limberakis, National Commander of the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate (AEP), stated: “The appointment of Archon Michael J. Kratsios to this key position illustrates anew the pervasive influence of the AEP in all sectors of society, including the scientific, the political, and cultural, and much more. In all of their endeavors in various realms, each individual Archon brings the light of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and unwavering dedication to the global ministry of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.”
Announcing the appointment, President-elect Trump said: “Together, we will unleash scientific breakthroughs, ensure America’s technological dominance, and usher in a Golden Age of American Innovation!”
Archon Kratsios served in the first Trump administration as a technology adviser to the President beginning in 2017. In 2019, he became Chief Technology Officer. During his confirmation hearing, he said: “My mother and my grandfather came to the United States from their native Greece in search of a more prosperous future. They instilled in me that enduring optimism for a better tomorrow. And I believe that embracing technological innovation, building new technologies in America and shaping those technologies with American values will lead us to that stronger future.”
In his new duties, Kratsios will advise “AI and Crypto Czar” David Sacks as director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. In 2020, Archon Kratsios accompanied former Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on his visit to Greece, played a key role in the conclusion of a groundbreaking science and technology agreement between the Hellenic Republic and the United States.
Archon Kratsios’ family is from Volissos on the island of Chios and the city of Kastoria in Greece. During the first Trump administration, he led efforts on artificial intelligence and quantum information science, and is the architect of the American AI Initiative.
His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew invested Michael J. Kratsios as an Archon on Oct. 31, 2021 and conferred upon him the offikion Kastrinsios.
