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Dora Bakoyannis

Former OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Greece, 2009 (until 5 October)
Former OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis at the press conference after the informal meeting of OSCE foreign ministers, Corfu, 28 June 2009. (OSCE/George Kontarinis) Photo details

Dora Bakoyannis (Greece): Member of Greek Parliament, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Former OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Greece, 2009 (until 5 October) 

Dora Bakoyannis was Minister of Foreign Affairs (2006-2009), the highest position ever held by a woman in the Greek Cabinet. She was also Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE in 2009. Previously, she was the Mayor of Athens (2003-2006), the first female mayor in the city's history so far, and the first woman to serve as mayor of a city hosting the Olympic Games. She was appointed Minister for Culture in December 1992 and Under-Secretary of State in October 1990. Dora Bakoyannis served as Chief of Staff for the New Democracy leader Konstantinos Mitsotakis from 1984 until 1989. In 1977, she entered the Ministry of Economic Coordination working for the Department of European Economic Community (EEC) Affairs.

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