Back ڤاسو پاپاندرو ARZ Vasso Papandreu Catalan Vasso Papandreou German Βάσω Παπανδρέου Greek Vaso Papandreu Esperanto Vasso Papandreou Spanish Vásso Papandréou French Vasō Papandreou Italian Vasso Papandréou Dutch Waso Papandreu Polish
 | This biographical article is written like a résumé. (October 2024) |
Vasso Papandreou | |
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.jpg) Papandréou in 1990 | |
| Minister of the Environment, Spatial Planning and Public Works | |
| In office 24 October 2001 – 10 March 2004 | |
| Prime Minister | Costas Simitis |
| Preceded by | Kostas Laliotis |
| Succeeded by | Georgios Souflias |
| Minister of the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization | |
| In office 19 February 1999 – 20 March 2000 | |
| Prime Minister | Costas Simitis |
| Preceded by | Alekos Papadopoulos |
| Succeeded by | Georgios Koumantos |
| Minister of Development | |
| In office 1 February 1996 – 19 February 1999 | |
| Prime Minister | Costas Simitis |
| Preceded by | Ministry created |
| Succeeded by | Evangelos Venizelos |
| European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities | |
| In office 1989–1992 | |
| President | Jacques Delors |
| Preceded by | Peter Sutherland |
| Succeeded by | Pádraig Flynn |
| Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Athens B | |
| In office 10 October 1993 – 11 April 2012 | |
| Member of the Hellenic Parliament for National list | |
| In office 2 June 1985 – 14 January 1989 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 December 1944 Valimitika, Kingdom of Greece |
| Died | 17 October 2024 (aged 79) Chalandri, Athens, Greece |
| Resting place | Valimitika Cemetery |
| Political party | PASOK |
Vasso Papandreou (Greek: Βάσω Παπανδρέου; 9 December 1944 – 17 October 2024[1]) was a Greek politician. After being in exile during the rule of the Greek junta, she returned to Greece in 1974 and was a founding member of PASOK. In 1981, she was awarded a PhD in economics from the University of Reading.
She was a member of PASOK's Central Committee until 1988, and served as Deputy Minister of Industry, Energy and Technology from 1986 to 1987 and as Deputy Minister of Commerce in 1988.
In 1989, she was appointed Greece's European Commissioner, taking the post of Commissioner for Employment, industrial relations and social affairs in the second Delors Commission.[2] After her term on the commission, she returned to Greek domestic politics and was elected to the Hellenic Parliament in the 1993, 1996, 2000 elections, 2004, 2007 and 2009 elections. She served in all Costas Simitis government (1996–2004) as Minister of Economic Development (1996–1999), Minister of Interior (1999–2001) and Minister for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works from 2001 to 2004.
She is unrelated to the Papandreou political family.[3]
- ^ Historic Greek Politician Vasso Papandreou Dies, Aged 80
- ^ "Βάσω Παπανδρέου: Πέθανε η πρώην υπουργός του ΠΑΣΟΚ". ProtoThema (in Greek). 2024-10-17. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
- ^ Georges Prevelakis [in French] (2006) [1997]. Géopolitique de la Grèce. Complexe. p. 77. ISBN 9782804800734.