Vasiliki Thanou
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Greek judge, former caretaker Prime Minister of Greece
Key facts
- President
- Prokopis Pavlopoulos
- Preceded by
- Alexis Tsipras
- Succeeded by
- Alexis Tsipras
- Born
- ( 1950-11-03 ) 3 November 1950 (age 75) , Chalcis , Greece
- Party
- Independent
- Alma mater
- University of Athens , Panthéon-Assas University
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Greece
- Place of birth
- Chalkída
- Occupation
- judge
- Position held
- Prime Minister of Greece
- Educated at
- Panthéon-Assas University Paris
- Political party
- independent politician
- Languages spoken
- Modern Greek
- Native language
- Greek
- Image
- Vassiliki Thanou retouched.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1950-11-03
- name in native language
- Βασιλική Θάνου-Χριστοφίλου
- Commons category
- Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou
- P10632
- Vasiliki Thanou
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Encyclopedic overview
Vasiliki Thanou-Christophilou (Greek: Βασιλική Θάνου-Χριστοφίλου, pronounced [vasiliˈci ˈθanu xristoˈfilu]; born 3 November 1950), also known as just Vasiliki Thanou, is a Greek judge who served as caretaker prime minister of Greece from 27 August to 21 September 2015, in the run-up to the September 2015 legislative election. She was the first-ever female Greek prime minister.
Thanou-Christophilou served as the President of the Court of Cassation, one of Greece's three supreme courts, from 2015 to 2017, and is currently the most senior judge in Greece. She teaches civil law at the National School of Judges of Greece and has been, since 2012, the president of the Greek Association of Judges and Prosecutors (SAD).
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