Maria Kollia-Tsaroucha
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Maria Kollia-Tsaroucha MP |
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| Μαρία Κόλλια-Τσαρουχά | |
| Deputy Minister for Macedonia and Thrace | |
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Assumed office 23 September 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Alexis Tsipras |
| Preceded by | Filippos Tsalidis |
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In office 27 January 2015 – 28 August 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Alexis Tsipras |
| Preceded by | Georgios Orfanos |
| Succeeded by | Filippos Tsalidis |
| Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Serres | |
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Assumed office 2000 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 1958 (age 58–59) Serres |
| Political party | Independent Greeks |
| Spouse(s) | Christos Tsarouchas |
| Alma mater | Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki |
Maria Kollia Tsaroucha (Greek: Μαρία Κόλλια-Τσαρουχά) is a Greek politician from Serres and Deputy Minister of the Interior for Macedonia and Thrace in the Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras and a member of parliament with Independent Greeks since the national elections of January 25, 2015. Prior to this, she was Deputy Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament.
Mrs. Kollia-Tsaroucha was born in Serres on 21 February 1958. She is a graduate of the law school of Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki.
From 1983 to 2012, Kollia-Tsaroucha was a member of the Women's section of New Democracy. She ended up as member of the Central Committee of New Democracy and the party's section responsible for Education and Religion.
In 2000, she was elected to the Hellenic Parliament for the Serres prefecture. In 2004, 2007, and 2009, she was reelected. During this time, she was President of the Special Standing Committee on Equality, Youth and Human Rights and of the Standing Committee on Educational Affairs. She was a member of the Standing Committees of Foreign Affairs and Defence, and also of Public Administration and Justice.
In February 2012, after a vote against the second memorandum, she was expelled from her party's parliamentary caucus. The following month she joined the new party Independent Greeks and took up the function of Parliamentary Representative of Parliamentary Group of the party along with Christos Zois.
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