Maria Houkli ( el, Μαρία Χούκλη) is a

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journalist and presenter. Houkli has served as the main anchorwoman for the main newscast on various TV stations in Greece, most recently

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. Prior to this, she was the editor in chief of the central news program on the New Hellenic Television of the Greek public television. She's married and she's a mother of two boys. The First (Manolis, Born 1990) Is presenter of a Local Channel's Central News Bulletin And The Second Paul (Born 1998) Is a Congressman

Biography

Houkli was born in

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(Σέρρες), in northern Greece on 19 July 1961. She graduated from the University of

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, and worked as a lawyer for two years."Η ζωή μας προχωρά με τα «όχι» και όχι με τα «ναι»." ''Papaki'', February, 2007
In 1987 she began her career on ERT3, worked on private TV channels and in 2000 returned to national television. She hosted a book show titled ''For a Place in the Library'' (''Για μια θέση στο ράφι''), and a show about the correct use of the Greek language, ''Speak Greek?'' (''Ομιλείτε Ελληνικά;''). In 2007, she hosted the political debate before the September elections. She also hosted three political debates in both spring and autumn 2009. Houkli had worked as a radio announcer. Houkli was the anchorwoman in the central news on the New Hellenic Television for many years. She has received awards in Greece for her work, such as the "TV News Journalist of the Year" by ''Life & Style'' magazine, the Botsis Award and several times the award of the public for the "Best Female News Presenter" in the "Prosopa" Greek Television Awards. In 2009, she participated in the TV show '' Great Greeks'' as a celebrity supporter of Georgios Papanikolaou. It was announced in July 2010 that Houkli had signed on to present

Channel's nightly news program starting 1 September 2010. As of January 2017, she is no longer working for ANT1.Η Μαρία Χούκλη έφυγε πικραμένη από τον ΑΝΤ1 -Δεν χαιρέτησε τη διοίκηση του καναλιού
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Television career

* 1987–1991, ERT3 * 1991–2000,

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* 2000–2010, NET * 2010-2017,

References

External links

ERT Online

Maria Houkli's Weblog
(Greek)
Maria Houkli at Protagon.gr
(Greek) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Houkli, Maria Living people People from Serres Greek women journalists Greek television journalists Greek television presenters Women television journalists 1961 births Greek women television presenters

Biography

Television career

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