Dora Bakoyianni (Ντόρα Μπακογιάννη, born 1954) is the Greek Foreign Affairs Minister and Mayor of Athens, Greece. She is the eldest of four children of veteran Greek politician Constantine Mitsotakis, who was prime minister of Greece from 1990 to 1993 and leader of the country's conservative party, New Democracy, from 1984 to 1993. Bakoyianni studied political science and public law at the University of Athens, and politics and communication in Munich, Germany. She is fluent in English, French and German. 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Minister for Foreign Affairs is the senior minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece. ... Athens (Greek: Αθήνα Athína IPA ) is the capital of Greece and one of the most famous cities in the world. ... Constantine Mitsotakis Constantine Mitsotakis (in Greek:Κωνσταντίνος Μητσοτάκης-Konstantinos Mitsotakis) (born October 18, 1918), Greek politician, was born in Chania, Crete. ... This article is about the year. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII in Roman) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Party logo New Democracy or ND (Greek: Νέα Δημοκρατία, Nea Dhimokratia), founded in 1974, is the main center-right liberal political party in Greece. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII in Roman) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greek: Εθνικόν και Καποδιστριακόν Πανεπιστήμιον Αθηνών), usually referred to simply as the University of Athens, is the oldest university in the region of the eastern Mediterranean and has been in continuous operation since its establishment in 1837. ... Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich (German: München pronunciation) is the state capital of the German Bundesland of Bavaria. ...

In 1968, the Mitsotakis family fled to Paris to escape the military dictatorship that ruled Greece for seven years starting in 1967. They returned to Athens in 1974 when military rule collapsed. That same year she married Pavlos Bakoyiannis, a respected journalist and politician. They had two children, Alexia and Kostas. Over the next several years she worked in the Ministry of Economic Co-ordination and, later, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1984, when her father was elected leader of the New Democracy party, she became his chief of staff. 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1989, members of the "November 17" terrorist group assassinated her husband, then a Member of Parliament, as he entered his office building. 1989 (MCMLXXXIX in Roman) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 17 (also known as 17N or N17) was a Marxist Greek organisation listed in U.S. State Department list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations. ...

When her father was elected Prime Minister the following year, Bakoyianni served first as an Undersecretary of State, and then as Culture Minister. She was elected three times as Member of Parliament for Evritania, and later for Athens, by a sweeping majority. When New Democracy lost the 1993 elections and her father resigned, she successfully ran for a seat in the party central committee. In 2000 the new leader of the party, Costas Caramanlis, appointed her shadow foreign and defence minister. She is now married to businessman Isidoros Kouvelos. According to Greek family law she is entitled to use any of three surnames, her maiden one, those of her late and current husbands, or any combination thereof: she has chosen to be known by that of her late husband. Evritania, Evrytania (Greek: Ευρυτανία), rarely/Latin: Eurytania is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII in Roman) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Kostas Karamanlis, the prime minister of Greece Konstantínos Alexandrou Karamanlís (Κωνσταντίνος Αλεξάνδρου Καραμανλής, in Greek; generally known as Kóstas Karamanlís, born September 14, 1956) became Prime Minister of Greece on March 10, 2004 following his partys victory in the March 7 parliamentary elections. ...

In June 2002 the investigation against the "November 17" terrorist group intensified, and a series of arrests netted 19 individuals, most of whom have acknowledged being members of the terrorist group. Among them are three men who allegedly confessed to participating in the murder of Pavlos Bakoyiannis. 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In the summer of 2002, when Caramanlis was looking for a way to demonstrate his party's growing strength against the ruling Panhellenic Socialist Movement in local elections, he picked Bakoyianni to run for Mayor of Athens. She led a large field of candidates in the first round of the elections in October 2002 and then trounced her Socialist opponent in the run-off a week later with the biggest majority in the city's history. 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Party logo The Panhellenic Socialist Movement, better known as PASOK (Greek: Πανελλήνιο Σοσιαλιστικό Κίνημα, Panellinio Sosialistiko Kinima, ΠΑΣΟΚ), is a Greek social democratic political party. ... 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

She successfully hosted what many are calling the best-run Olympics in modern history. She is the first woman to serve as mayor of a city hosting the Olympic Games, the first woman elected to lead Europe's oldest city, Athens, and the most popular politician in her country according to opinion polls. In 2005, she was elected World Mayor and on February 14, 2006 she was appointed by Kostas Karamanlis to serve as Foreign Affairs Minister. Athens (Greek: Αθήνα Athína IPA ) is the capital of Greece and one of the most famous cities in the world. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... World Mayor is a now annual award organised by CityMayors. ... February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI in Roman) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Political Career

Petros Molyviatis (in Greek: Πέτρος Γ. Μολυβιάτης) (born 1928 in Chios is the Greek Foreign Minister since March 2004 after the victory of the Nea Dimokratia (New Democracy) party in the parliamentary elections of March 7, 2004. ... The Minister for Foreign Affairs is the senior minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece. ...

External links

• Official Personal Site (in Greek)
• The Konstantinos K. Mitsotakis Foundation
• CityMayors.com profile