|Acting on the recommendation of Gov. Ron DeSantis, the State Board of Education on Wednesday named Anastasios I. Kamoutsas Florida’s 32nd education commissioner .

Kamoutsas, 36, is one of four deputy chiefs of staff in DeSantis’ office. Before taking that post in 2023, he served as a general counsel and chief of staff to the Department of Education, taking an active role on high profile issues such as reopening schools during the pandemic and eliminating diversity programs.

He also has been involved in overhauling the state’s higher education system into a more conservative model, said former commissioner Richard Corcoran, adding that Kamoutsas had his fingerprints on all of Florida’s major education policy initiatives over the past seven years.

The change became necessary after the

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