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Maria Vassiliou Antoniou

Member of Parliament Kastoria

Personal Info

Place and Date οf Birth:

Born in Kastoria, on July 19th,1968.

Marital Status:

Married, mother of two sons.

Profession:

Forester in the Departmental Forestry of Fthiotida and Kastoria.
She also worked in private sector companies.

Studies:

Faculty of Forestry and Natural Environment of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

Foreign Languages:

English.

Parliamentary Activities

She was elected as a Member of the Hellenic Parliament for the constituency of Kastoria (New Democracy) in the general elections from May 2012 up to June 2019.
She was a member of the following Parliamentary Committees:
-Standing Committee on Cultural and Educational Affairs.
-Standing Committee on Social Affairs.
-Special Permanent Committee on Research and Technology.

From January 2016 up to June 2019, she was appointed by the President of New Democracy Kyriakos Mitsotakis as deputy chair of the section of Education of New Democracy, with the responsibility of Research and Innovation affairs.
From 2019 up to 2023, she was the Head of the Office of Prime Minister in Thessaloniki for issues related to the Northern Greece.
On 21 May, 2023 she was elected as a Member of the Hellenic Parliament, as well as on 25 May, 2023.
She is Chairman of Special Permanent Committee on Equality, Youth and Human Rights.
She is Chairman of Subcommittee for combating human trafficking and exploitation (Special Permanent Committees).
She is Chairman of Subcommittee for people with disabilities (Special Permanent Committees).
She is a member of Special Permanent Committee on Institutions and Transparency.
She is a member of the following Standing Committees:
-Standing Committee on Public Administration, Public Order and Justice
-Standing Committee on Production and Trade
In addition, from January 2024 she is Chairman of the Greek-India Friendship Group of Hellenic Parliament, Vice-Chairman of the Greek-Luxembourg Friendship Group of Hellenic Parliament, and a member of the Friendship Groups of Hellenic Parliament with Egypt, U.S.A., Israel and Kazakhstan.
She is a member of Greek Delegation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA)

Political/Social Activities

In school days – ONNED, when she attended university – DAP-NDFK, President of Prefectural Commission ONNED.
Responsible of women of NODE, in the conference of 2007 elected in the Central Committee of the party.
2005-2009: General Secretary of the Prefecture Kastoria.
In 2010 she was elected in the Conference of the Political Committee of the party.
Member of social and cultural clubs.

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