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Anna Benaki-Psarouda
Anna Benaki-Psarouda
Άννα Μπενάκη - Ψαρούδα
	Benaki-Psarouda (right) in 2007
Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament
	In office; 19 March 2004 – 28 September 2007
President	Konstantinos Stephanopoulos; Karolos Papoulias
Preceded by	Apostolos Kaklamanis
Succeeded by	Dimitris Sioufas
Minister of Justice
	In office; 3 December 1992 – 14 September 1993
Prime Minister	Konstantinos Mitsotakis
Preceded by	Ioannis Varvitsiotis
Succeeded by	Georgios Plagianakos
Minister of Culture
	In office; 8 August 1991 – 3 December 1992
Prime Minister	Konstantinos Mitsotakis
Preceded by	Tzannis Tzannetakis
Succeeded by	Dora Bakoyannis
	In office; 2 July 1989 – 7 July 1989
Prime Minister	Tzannis Tzannetakis
Preceded by	Melina Mercouri
Succeeded by	Georgios Mylonas
Personal details
Born	12 December 1934 (age 90); Exarcheia, Athens, Greece
Political party	New Democracy
Spouse	Linos Benakis (?–2022)
Alma mater	University of Athens; University of Bonn; University of Freiburg
Website	Official 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]

References

^ Interview from The American College of Greece Archived September 11, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Η κυρία Άννα Μπενάκη-Ψαρούδα εξελέγη Αντιπρόεδρος της Ακαδημίας Αθηνών" [Anna Benaki-Psarouda elected Vice-President of the Academy of Athens]. Academy of Athens. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 2019-10-25.

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
Preceded by Stephanos Imellos	President of the Academy of Athens 2020	Succeeded by Loucas Christophorou
Order of precedence
Preceded by Apostolos Kaklamanis as Former Speaker	Order of precedence of Greece Former Speaker	Succeeded by Vyron Polydoras as Former Speaker