Sofia Voultepsi | |
Office: | Deputy Minister of Migration and Asylum |
Primeminister: | Kyriakos Mitsotakis |
Term Start: | 8 July 2019 |
Birth Date: | 10 October 1956 |
Birth Place: | Piraeus, Greece |
Party: | New Democracy |
Alma Mater: | University of Athens |
Native Name Lang: | el |
Sofia Voultepsi (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Σοφία Βούλτεψη) is a Greek politician, member of the Hellenic Parliament for New Democracy and former journalist. She was the first female Government Spokesperson in the government of Antonis Samaras.[1]
She was born in Piraeus, daughter of the prominent journalist Yannis Voultepsis (1923-2010). She studied at the Italian School of Athens [2] and attended the Athens Law School (Department of Public Law and Political Sciences).
She entered politics in 2004 as an elected Member of Parliament (Athens B) with New Democracy party.