Elena Kountoura
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Elena Kountoura MP |
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| Έλενα Κουντουρά | |
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| Minister for Tourism | |
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Assumed office 23 September 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Alexis Tsipras |
| Preceded by | Alkistis Protopsalti |
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In office 27 January 2015 – 28 August 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Alexis Tsipras |
| Preceded by | Olga Kefalogianni |
| Succeeded by | Alkistis Protopsalti |
| Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Athens A | |
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Assumed office 2004 |
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| Born | 1962 Athens |
| Political party | Independent Greeks |
| Spouse(s) | Sarantis Papachristopoulos |
| Relations | Alexandros Kountouras (father), Nikos Kountouras (brother) |
| Alma mater | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens |
| Website | elenakountoura.gr |
Elena Kountoura (Greek: Έλενα Κουντουρά, also Anglicised and Gallicised Elena Koundoura, b. 1962) is a Greek politician, currently Minister of Tourism in the Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras, and Member of Parliament for Athens A, for the Independent Greeks, and earlier for New Democracy. Before her entrance into politics, she was an international model, director of a women's magazine and a track-and-field athlete.
She was born in Athens and is the daughter of the former Hellenic Army officer and monarchist Alexandros Kountouras. Her father is co-founder and ongoing leader of BEO (Βυζαντινή Εθνική Οργάνωση, Vyzantini Ethniki Organosi, "National Byzantine Organisation" earlier Vasiliki Ethniki Organosi, "National Royal Organisation"), the title of which was changed in the Metapolitefsi for legal reasons.
From childhood she was engaged in athletics. Her father enrolled her in the National Gymnastic Academy of Greece at the age of twelve as a high-jumper in training. She is a graduate of the National Gymnastic Academy and of the Department of Sport Science and Physical Education (TEFAA) at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She was a top athlete on the Greek National Track and Field Team, and won the high jump and the 100 metre dash at the 1978 Panhellenic Women's Track & Field Championship.
From 1984 to 1997 she had an international career as a model, and in 1990 she was chosen by CNN as one of the ten most beautiful models in the world. She collaborated for many years with Serge Lutens, a well-known French photographer, designer and producer in the world of fashion, while also having the good fortune to collaborate with the Japanese cosmetics company Shiseido, and is the model most recognized as spokesperson for that brand, and whose face was published in international campaigns.
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