Zoi Konstantopoulou
| Zoi Konstantopoulou MP Ζωή Κωνσταντοπούλου | |
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| Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 6 February 2015 | |
| President | Karolos Papoulias Prokopis Pavlopoulos |
| Preceded by | Vangelis Meimarakis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 December 1976 Athens, Greece |
| Political party | Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza) |
| Parents | Nikos Konstantopoulos, Lina Alexiou |
| Alma mater | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Paris West University Nanterre La Défense Pantheon-Sorbonne University |
| Profession | Human rights lawyer |
| Website | www |
Zoi Konstantopoulou (Greek: Ζωή Κωνσταντοπούλου; born 8 December 1976 in Athens) is a Greek human rights lawyer and politician of the Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza). Her father is Nikos Konstantopoulos. On 27 January 2015 she was nominated Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament.[1] She was elected to the post on 6 February 2015 with the record number of 235 out of 300 votes. Apart from SYRIZA, her candidacy was also supported by the Independent Greeks, The River, PASOK and New Democracy parties.[2]
Life
Born in December 1976 in Athens, she is the daughter of former Synaspismos chairman Nikos Konstantopoulos and his wife Lina Alexiou.[3] She studied law at the Law School of the University of Athens, International and European Law at Paris X Nanterre and a post-graduate course at Sorbonne on European Criminal Law and European Anti-crime Policies.[3] In parallel, in 1998–2000, she participated in the French prisoners education programme, teaching English at the Fresnes Prison.[3] In 2001, she worked at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. She then completed a second post-graduate course on Human Rights and Criminal Law at Columbia University, while working at the office of the Greek Permanent Representative to the United Nations.[3]
Since 2003 she is an active lawyer in Greece, focusing on penal and international criminal law and human rights.[3] She first stood for office in the 2009 European elections for SYRIZA, and was elected for the first time to the Hellenic Parliament in the May 2012 election for Athens A. Re-elected in the June 2012 election, she served in the 2012–14 parliament as a member of the committees on Institutions and Transparency, Public Order and Justice, European Affairs, the Permanent Public Administration Committee, and the Inter-party Committee on German War Reparations.[3]
On 6 February 2015, after SYRIZA's victory in the January 2015 election, she was elected as the youngest Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament with 235 votes.[3]
References
- ↑ "Greece's SYRIZA-led coalition govt line-up unveiled". Xinhua. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ↑ "Zoe Konstantopoulou elected youngest ever House president". Times of Change. 6 February 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Ζωή Κωνσταντοπούλου, η νεότερη πρόεδρος στην ιστορία της Βουλής (in Greek). in.gr. 6 February 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
External links
- Official website (Greek)
- CV and office terms of Zoi Konstantopoulou at the Hellenic Parliament (English)
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| Preceded by Vangelis Meimarakis |
Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament 2015-present |
Incumbent |