Louka Katseli Greek: Λούκα Κατσέλη MP |
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President of Social Agreement | |
Assumed office 14 March 2012 |
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Minister for Labour and Social Security | |
In office 7 September 2010 – 17 June 2011 |
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Prime Minister | George Papandreou |
Preceded by | Andreas Loverdos |
Succeeded by | Giorgos Koutroumanis |
Minister for the Economy, Competitiveness and Shipping | |
In office 7 October 2009 – 7 September 2010 |
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Prime Minister | George Papandreou |
Preceded by | Yannis Papathanasiou |
Succeeded by | Michalis Chrysohoidis |
Personal details | |
Political party |
KOISY (since 2012) PASOK (until 2011) |
Alma mater | Smith College |
Occupation | Economist |
Louka Katseli (Greek: Λούκα Κατσέλη, pronounced [ˈluka kaˈtseli], born 20 April 1952, Athens) is a Greek economist and politician. She is a former Minister for the Economy, Competitiveness and Shipping and a former Minister for Labour and Social Security. On 23 March 2015 she was elected as the new non-executive Chair of the Board in the National Bank of Greece.
Louka Katseli is the daughter of Aleka Katseli, a Greek actress.
Louka Katseli graduated from the Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, in 1972, with a B.A. in Economics. In 1972, she entered the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs of Princeton University, in Princeton, New Jersey and in 1974 she graduated with the degree of Master of Public Administration. She continued her studies at Princeton University obtaining a Masters of Arts degree in Economics in 1975 and a Ph.D. in Economics in January 1978.
Louka Katseli was Director General on the Center of Planning and Economic Research (KEPE) in Athens from 1982 until 1986, and served as Special Economic Advisor to Andreas Papandreou, the Prime Minister of Greece, from October 1993 until January 1996.
From 1996 until 1997, she was the Special Advisor to the Minister of Education. She has also worked as a professor of economics at Yale University from 1977 to 1985.
From 2003 to 2007, Louka Katseli was the director on the OECD Development Centre in France. She was a Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics of the University of Athens, a member of the Executive Committee of the E.A.D.I. since 2005, a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of German Institute for Economic Research in Berlin, Germany, a member of the Athens Development and Governance Institute and a member of the Euro 50 group.