Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou
| Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou | |
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| Μαριλίζα Ξενογιαννακοπούλου | |
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| Member of the Hellenic Parliament | |
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In office 2007–2012 |
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| Alternate Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 7 September 2010 – 10 February 2012 |
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| Minister for Health and Social Solidarity | |
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In office 7 October 2009 – 7 September 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Dimitris Avramopoulos |
| Succeeded by | Andreas Loverdos |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
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In office 20 July 2004 – 25 September 2007 |
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| Personal details | |
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20 February 1963 Athens, Greece |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Political party | None (Independent) |
Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou (Greek: Μαριλίζα Ξενογιαννακοπούλου, Greek pronunciation: [mariˈliza ksenoʝanakoˈpulu]) (born 1963) is a Greek politician and lawyer. She was Minister for Health and Social Solidarity (2009-2010), Alternate Minister for Foreign Affairs, responsible for European Affairs (2010-2012), Member of the Greek Parliament (2007-2012) and of the European Parliament (2004-2007). She served as Secretary of the National Committee of PASOK -Panhellenic Socialist Movement, member of the Party of European Socialists (2005-2006).
On 10 February 2012, she resigned from the government, citing objections with the terms of the second EU-IMF bailout for Greece. On 1 November 2012, she resigned her membership of PASOK, expressing her objections on the new austerity measures adopted by the Greek coalition government, stating that the party no longer represented her "ideologically and politically".
Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou was born in Athens in 1963. Her origin is from Cephallonia and Messinia. She studied at the Law School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (1980-1985) and continued her postgraduate studies at the Sorbonne University (Paris I)- DEA in Public Law (1986).
Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou is an attorney at law (1987 to date). In 1986, she began working as a scientific associate of the PASOK Parliamentary Group at the European Parliament. From 1991 to 1995, she worked as a member of the Secretariat of the Parliamentary Group of the Party of European Socialists in the European Parliament, after which she was appointed Alternate Director of the office of the Greek Commissioner at the European Commission in Brussels (1995-1999).
From 2002 to the March 2004 elections, she served as Secretary General for Commerce at the Development Ministry in Greece. In this position, she worked for the support of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), the transparency in market prices, the incorporation of commerce into European programmes, the modernisation of the legal framework of street markets, and the strengthening of consumer protection. She was responsible for coordinating the initiatives of the Ministry of Development at the EU Presidency of Greece in 2003.
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