Olga Gerovasili ( el, Όλγα Γεροβασίλη; born 16 January 1961) is a

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politician who has served as a member of the

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since 17 May 2012. Born in Arta, she studied radiology at the

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; el, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, ''Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the Univers ...

. She then became secretary for the Arta Medical Society and the Medical Association in 1997 and 2003, respectively. Gerovasili, who was politically active in university, first held political office in 1998, when she was elected to Arta's municipal board. She ran for Parliament in the

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and

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elections as an independent, but failed to win a seat. She then ran for Mayor of Arta as a member of an unaffiliated citizens group in 2006 and 2010, losing both elections. Two years later, she again ran for Parliament, this time as a member of the

Syriza The Coalition of the Radical Left – Progressive Alliance ( el, Συνασπισμός Ριζοσπαστικής Αριστεράς – Προοδευτική Συμμαχία, Synaspismós Rizospastikís Aristerás – Proodeftikí Simachía), ...

party, and won. As a member of Parliament, Gerovasili serves on the Standing Committee on Public Administration, as well as the Special Diaspora Permanent Committee. In

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, Gerovasili ran for Governor of

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. She finished with 24.6% of the vote, the highest of any Syriza-backed candidate in local elections, but lost to

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's 50.8%. After being re-elected in 2015, Gerovasili was nominated to the Cabinet position of Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister and Government Spokesperson.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gerovasili, Olga 1961 births Living people Greek MPs 2012–2014 Greek MPs 2015 (February–August) Greek MPs 2015–2019 Syriza politicians Women members of the Hellenic Parliament National and Kapodistrian University of Athens alumni People from Arta, Greece Greek MPs 2019–2023