Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou
| Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou | |
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| Βασιλική Θάνου-Χριστοφίλου | |
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| 83rd Prime Minister of Greece | |
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In office 27 August 2015 – 21 September 2015 |
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| President | Prokopis Pavlopoulos |
| Preceded by | Alexis Tsipras |
| Succeeded by | Alexis Tsipras |
| President of the Court of Cassation | |
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Assumed office 1 July 2015 |
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| President | Prokopis Pavlopoulos |
| Preceded by | Athanasios Koutroumanos |
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| Born | 1950 (age 66–67) Chalcis, Greece |
| Political party | Independent |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater |
University of Athens Panthéon-Assas University |
| Religion | Greek Orthodoxy |
Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou (Greek: Βασιλική Θάνου-Χριστοφίλου, Greek pronunciation: [vasiliˌci ˌθanu xristoˈfilu]; born 1950), also known as Vassiliki Thanou, is a Greek judge who served as caretaker Prime Minister of Greece from 27 August to 21 September 2015, in the run-up to the 20 September 2015 elections. She was Greece's first ever female Prime Minister and the 184th since 1822.
Thanou-Christophilou has served as the President of the Court of Cassation, one of Greece's three supreme courts, since 1 July 2015, and is currently the most senior judge in Greece. She teaches civil law at the National School of Judges of Greece and has been, since 2012, the President of the Greek Association of Judges and Prosecutors (SAD).
Thanou-Christophilou was born in Chalcis and studied law at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens before completing post-graduate studies in European law at Panthéon-Assas University.
Thanou-Christophilou first entered the judiciary in 1975, and became the President of the Court of First Instance in 1992. She became an appellate judge in 1996 and subsequently President of the Appeals Court in 2005. In 2008, she became a judge in the Court of Cassation aone of Greece's three supreme courts.
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