Anna Benaki-Psarouda | |
Office: | Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament |
President: | Konstantinos Stephanopoulos Karolos Papoulias |
Term Start: | 19 March 2004 |
Term End: | 28 September 2007 |
Predecessor: | Apostolos Kaklamanis |
Successor: | Dimitris Sioufas |
Office2: | Minister of Justice |
Primeminister2: | Konstantinos Mitsotakis |
Term Start2: | 3 December 1992 |
Term End2: | 14 September 1993 |
Predecessor2: | Ioannis Varvitsiotis |
Successor2: | Georgios Plagianakos |
Office3: | Minister of Culture |
Primeminister3: | Konstantinos Mitsotakis |
Term Start3: | 8 August 1991 |
Term End3: | 3 December 1992 |
Predecessor3: | Tzannis Tzannetakis |
Successor3: | Dora Bakoyannis |
Primeminister4: | Tzannis Tzannetakis |
Term Start4: | 2 July 1989 |
Term End4: | 7 July 1989 |
Predecessor4: | Melina Mercouri |
Successor4: | Georgios Mylonas |
Birth Date: | 12 December 1934 |
Birth Place: | Exarcheia, Athens, Greece |
Party: | New Democracy |
Spouse: | Linos Benakis (?–2022) |
Alma Mater: | University of Athens University of Bonn University of Freiburg |
Website: | Official Website |
Anna Benaki-Psarouda (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Άννα Μπενάκη - Ψαρούδα in Greek, Modern (1453-); pronounced as /anna benaki-psarouda/); born 12 December 1934) is a Greek lawyer, New Democracy politician and academician.
She was born in Exarcheia, Athens, and obtained her PhD from the University of Bonn. She joined the Athens Bar Association and taught law. In 1981 she entered into politics and in the 1990s became culture minister then Minister of Justice. From 2004 to 2007 she served as Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament. She is the first ever woman to hold that office.[1]
In 2010 she was elected Member of the Academy of Athens. On 7 December 2018 she was elected to serve as vice-president of the Academy of Athens for the year 2019, and president for the year 2020, succeeding Stephanos Imellos in both offices.[2]