Christiana Kalogirou ( el, Χριστιάνα Καλογήρου; born 1964 in

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) is a

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and

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Nea Dimokratia New Democracy (ND; el, Νέα Δημοκρατία, Néa Dimokratía, ) is a liberal-conservative political party in Greece. In contemporary Greek politics, New Democracy has been the main centre-right political party and one of the two major ...

. Since October 2014, she has been serving as Regional Governor of the

North Aegean The North Aegean Region ( el, Περιφέρεια Βορείου Αιγαίου, translit=Periféria Voríou Eyéou, ) is one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece, and the smallest of the thirteen by population. It comprises the isl ...

Biography

Born 1964 in Athens, Kalogirou studied economics at

Athens University of Economics and Business Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB; el, Οικονομικό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, ''Oikonomiko Panepistimio Athinon'', abbrev. ΟΠΑ, OPA) was founded in 1920 in Athens, Greece and is the oldest university in G ...

and became involved with DAP-NDFK, the student wing of

. Following her studies, who worked as a manager and consultant in private sector companies. In the 2004 legislative election, she was elected a Member of the

Hellenic Parliament The Hellenic Parliament ( el, Ελληνικό Κοινοβούλιο, Elliniko Kinovoulio; formally titled el, Βουλή των Ελλήνων, Voulí ton Ellínon, Boule of the Hellenes, label=none), also known as the Parliament of the He ...

for the

Lesbos Lesbos or Lesvos ( el, Λέσβος, Lésvos ) is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea. It has an area of with approximately of coastline, making it the third largest island in Greece. It is separated from Asia Minor by the nar ...

constituency. She lost her seat in 2007, but in August 2012, the Samaras government appointed her Secretary-General of the

Decentralized Administration of the Aegean The Decentralized Administration of the Aegean ( el, Αποκεντρωμένη Διοίκηση Αιγαίου) is one of the seven decentralized administrations of Greece, consisting of the regions of North Aegean and South Aegean. Seated in P ...

, a position she gave up in April 2014 to contest the 2014 regional election for the

. With her electoral list named "We, in the Aegean", supported by Nea Dimokratia, Kalogirou finished first winning 31.51% of the vote. In the second round, she won 53.01%, thereby defeating the incumbent , who was elected in 2010 for the

PASOK The Panhellenic Socialist Movement ( el, Πανελλήνιο Σοσιαλιστικό Κίνημα, Panellínio Sosialistikó Kínima, ), known mostly by its acronym PASOK, (; , ) is a social-democratic political party in Greece. Until 2012, it ...

party but this time ran on an independent ticket. Following a complaint, the

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Piraeus Piraeus ( ; el, Πειραιάς ; grc, Πειραιεύς ) is a port city within the Athens urban area ("Greater Athens"), in the Attica region of Greece. It is located southwest of Athens' city centre, along the east coast of the Saro ...

in August annulled the electoral result, on the grounds that Kalogirou had held a political office within the last 18 months of the election. On 2 October, the

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however overturned this decision, so she could assume her new office the same day.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kalogirou, Christiana 1964 births Politicians from Athens Living people Athens University of Economics and Business alumni New Democracy (Greece) politicians Greek MPs 2004–2007 MPs of Lesbos Women members of the Hellenic Parliament Regional governors of Greece 21st-century Greek politicians 21st-century Greek women politicians Women governors and heads of sub-national entities