Frosso Kiaou Explained

Frosso Kiaou
Office:Minister of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs
Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs (2012)
Native Name:Φρόσω Κιάου
Native Name Lang:el
Predecessor:Aristides Baltas
Primeminister:Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou
Party:Independent
Predecessor1:Georgios Babiniotis
Primeminister1:Panagiotis Pikrammenos
Successor1:Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos
Spouse:Nikos Kiaos
Alma Mater:University of Hamburg
Term Start:28 August 2015
Term End:23 September 2015
Term Start1:17 May 2012
Term End1:21 June 2012

Angeliki-Efrosini Kiaou (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Αγγελική - Ευφροσύνη Κιάου), known as Frosso Kiaou (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Φρόσω Κιάου), is a Greek politician who was the Minister of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs in the Caretaker Cabinet of Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou. She previously served as the Minister for Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs from May to June 2012 in the Caretaker Cabinet of Panagiotis Pikrammenos.

Education

Kiaou studied law at the University of Hamburg.[1]

Professional career

Kiaou worked as a lawyer, and served at one time as vice president of the Athens Bar Association.

Political career

In 2012, Kiaou wrote to Günter Grass to thank him for a recent poem in which he criticized the European Union's handling of the Greek government-debt crisis.[2]

Personal life

Kiaou is married to Nikos Kiaos, a journalist and former President of the ESIEA, the journalists' union of Athens newspapers.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Όλα τα πρόσωπα της υπηρεσιακής κυβέρνησης - Ποιοι είναι οι 16 υπουργοί που θα οδηγήσουν τη χώρα στις εκλογές της 17ης Ιουνίου. News IT. 17 May 2012. 5 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20120519044325/http://www.newsit.gr/default.php?pname=Article&art_id=140215&catid=9. 19 May 2012. dead.
  2. News: Minister writes to thank Gunter Grass for poetic support. 5 September 2015. Kathimerini. 31 May 2012.