Olga Kefalogianni

Olga Kefalogianni (Greek: Όλγα Κεφαλογιάννη; born 29 April 1975 in Athens) is a Greek politician who served as Minister of Tourism of the Greek Government from 2012 to 2015. She was appointed in this position by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras in June 2012. She is a Member of Parliament, representing the New Democracy party. She has been elected two times in the Cretan prefecture of Rethymno in the 2007 and 2009 general elections. In the 6 May 2012 elections, she was voted in the first position as Member of Parliament for the important District A of Athens constituency. She was re-elected in the same position in the 17 June 2012 elections, and again in January 2015. She is the daughter of former minister and member of parliament, the late Ioannis Kefalogiannis. She is married to Greek businessman Manos Pentheroudakis.

Olga Kefalogianni
Όλγα Κεφαλογιάννη
Minister of Tourism
In office
21 June 2012  27 January 2015
Prime MinisterAntonis Samaras
Preceded byTatiana Karapanagioti (Culture and Tourism)
Succeeded byGiorgos Stathakis (Economy, Infrastructure, Shipping and Tourism)
Personal details
Born (1975-04-29) 29 April 1975
Athens, Greece
Political partyNew Democracy
Spouse(s)Manos Pentheroudakis (2010–2020)
Alma materUniversity of Athens
King's College London
Tufts University

She obtained a Bachelor's degree in Law from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in 1997. She holds a Master of Laws degree (LLM) in Commercial and Business Law from King's College London (1998). In 2006 she earned a second Master's degree in International Affairs from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.[1]

She has written a book titled "The role of the European Union on the Cyprus issue".

References

  1. "Personal CV" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2009.
Political offices
Preceded by
Tatiana Karapanagioti
as Minister of Culture and Tourism
Minister of Tourism
2012–2015
Succeeded by
Giorgos Stathakis
as Minister of Economy, Infrastructure, Shipping and Tourism


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