Theano Fotiou
| Theano Fotiou MP |
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| Θεανώ Φωτίου | |
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| Alternate Minister of Social Solidarity | |
| Assumed office 23 September 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Alexis Tsipras |
| In office 27 January 2015 – 28 August 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Alexis Tsipras |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 10, 1946 Athens, Greece |
| Political party | Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza) |
| Alma mater | National Technical University of Athens |
| Profession | architect |
Theano Fotiou (Greek: Θεανώ Φωτίου; born 10 May 1946 in Athens) is a Greek architect and politician of the Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza). Since January 2015 she has been serving as Alternate Minister of Social Solidarity.
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Early life and education
Born 1946 in Athens, Fotiou studied architecture at National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) graduating in 1969.
Professional career
Since 1972, she has taught architecture at the NTUA School of Architecture. She has also been a Visiting Professor at the Royal College of Art, The Bartlett, London and Barcelona Architecture School.[1] In 1980 she received a second postgraduate degree in urban planning at Paris X University Nanterre. She is co-founder of the European Design Age Network aiming at design for the elderly.
Major architectural projects
In the 1990s, both the new Technical University of Crete, Chania, and the new Faculty of Humanities at University of Crete, Rethymno was built on her plans. In 2000, she received a 1st price in the international architectural competition for the 2004 Olympic village. In 2001, she received a 1st honorary mention at the international architectural competition for the Acropolis Museum. In interior design she remodeled the meeting room of the Bank of Greece's head office. Among other works, the new library of the Philosophical Faculty of Athens University has been finished in the last years.[2][3]
Political career
Since the May 2012 elections, Fotiou has been a Member of the Hellenic Parliament on Syriza's state list. Together with Tasos Kourakis she was nominated for the post of education minister in Syriza's Shadow Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras.[4] After the January 2015 legislative election, Fotiou however was appointed Alternate Minister of Social Solidarity.[5] In the Hellenic Parliament, she currently represents the Athens B constituency.
Publications
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References
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- 1946 births
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- Living people
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki alumni
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki faculty
- Greek women architects
- Greek women in politics
- Syriza politicians
- Greek MPs 2012 (May)
- Greek MPs 2012–14
- Greek MPs 2015 (February–August)
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