Anna Benaki-Psarouda

Άννα Μπενάκη - ΨαρούδαSpeaker of the Hellenic ParliamentIn office
19 March 2004 – 28 September 2007PresidentKonstantinos Stephanopoulos
Karolos PapouliasPreceded byApostolos KaklamanisSucceeded byDimitris SioufasMinister of JusticeIn office
3 December 1992 – 14 September 1993Prime MinisterKonstantinos MitsotakisPreceded byIoannis VarvitsiotisSucceeded byGeorgios PlagianakosMinister of CultureIn office
8 August 1991 – 3 December 1992Prime MinisterKonstantinos MitsotakisPreceded byTzannis TzannetakisSucceeded byDora BakoyannisIn office
2 July 1989 – 7 July 1989Prime MinisterTzannis TzannetakisPreceded byMelina MercouriSucceeded byGeorgios Mylonas Personal detailsBorn (1934-12-12) 12 December 1934 (age 89)
Exarcheia, Athens, GreecePolitical partyNew DemocracySpouseLinos Benakis (?–2022)Alma materUniversity of Athens
University of Bonn
University of FreiburgWebsiteOfficial Website

Anna Benaki-Psarouda (Άννα Μπενάκη - Ψαρούδα pronounced [anna benaki-psarouda]); born 12 December 1934) is a Greek lawyer, New Democracy politician and academician.

She was born in Exarcheia, Athens, and obtained her PhD from the University of Bonn. She joined the Athens Bar Association and taught law. In 1981 she entered into politics and in the 1990s became culture minister then Minister of Justice. From 2004 to 2007 she served as Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament. She is the first ever woman to hold that office.^[1]

In 2010 she was elected Member of the Academy of Athens. On 7 December 2018 she was elected to serve as Vice-President of the Academy of Athens for the year 2019, and President for the year 2020, succeeding Stephanos Imellos in both offices.^[2]

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External links

• Official Website

Political offices
Preceded by Melina Mercouri	Minister of Culture 1989	Succeeded by Georgios Mylonas
Preceded by Tzannis Tzannetakis	Minister of Culture 1991–1992	Succeeded by Dora Bakoyannis
Preceded by Ioannis Varvitsiotis	Minister of Justice 1992–1993	Succeeded by Georgios Plagianakos
Preceded by Apostolos Kaklamanis	Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament 2004–2007	Succeeded by Dimitris Sioufas
Academic offices
Preceded by Stephanos Imellos	Vice-President of the Academy of Athens 2019	Succeeded by Loucas Christophorou
	President of the Academy of Athens 2020