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Greek politician (born 1975)
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Olga KefalogianniMP
Όλγα Κεφαλογιάννη
Kefalogianni in 2017
Minister of Tourism
In office
21 June 2012 – 27 January 2015
Prime MinisterAntonis Samaras
Preceded byTatiana Karapanagioti (Culture and Tourism)
Succeeded byGiorgos Stathakis (Economy, Infrastructure, Shipping and Tourism)
Personal details
Born (1975-04-29) 29 April 1975 (age 49)
Athens, Greece
Political partyNew Democracy
Spouses
  • Manos Pentheroudakis (2010–2020)
  • Minos Matsas (m. 2021)
Relatives
Alma materUniversity of Athens
King's College London
Tufts University

Olga Kefalogianni (Greek: Όλγα Κεφαλογιάννη; born 29 April 1975) is a Greek politician who served as Minister of Tourism of the Greek Government from 2012 to 2015 and again since 27 June 2023. She was appointed in this position by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras in June 2012. She is a Member of Parliament, representing the New Democracy party. She has been elected two times in the Cretan prefecture of Rethymno in the 2007 and 2009 general elections. In the 6 May 2012 elections, she was voted in the first position as Member of Parliament for the important District A of Athens constituency. She was re-elected in the same position in the 17 June 2012 elections, and again in January 2015. She is the daughter of former minister and member of parliament, the late Ioannis Kefalogiannis. She was married to Greek businessman Manos Pentheroudakis from 2010 to 2020. On 3 May 2021 she married composer Minos Matsas in Spetses. On 8 May she announced that she is pregnant with twins.

She obtained a bachelor's degree in law from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in 1997. She holds a Master of Laws degree (LLM) in commercial and business law from King's College London (1998). In 2006, she earned a second master's degree in international affairs from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.

She has written a book titled "The role of the European Union on the Cyprus issue".

References

  1. "Wildfires: Second Greek island Corfu evacuated as Greek tourism minister tells holidaymakers to keep coming amid Rhodes fires". Yahoo News. 24 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  2. "Personal CV" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2009.

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Political offices
Preceded byTatiana Karapanagiotias Minister of Culture and Tourism Minister of Tourism
2012–2015 		Succeeded byGiorgos Stathakisas Minister of Economy, Infrastructure, Shipping and Tourism


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