Member of Parliament (2007-)
Minister of Tourism (2012-2015, June 2023-)
Attorney at Law
Olga Kefalogianni was born in Athens, Greece in 1975.
She served as Minister of Tourism of Greece (2012-2015).
Ms Kefalogianni was first elected as Member of Parliament in 2007 in
Rethymnon, Crete. She was re-elected in 2009. She was elected as MP for the
central district of Athens in May/June 2012, January/September 2015 and July
2019.
She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Law from the National Kapodistrian University
of Athens (1997), a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Commercial and Corporate Law,
King’s College, University of London (1998) and a Masters degree in
International Relations (GMAP) from The Fletcher School of Law and
Diplomacy, Tufts University - Boston (2006).
She is a member of the Athens Bar Association since 1999.
She has an extensive professional experience practicing law, both in Athens
and abroad.
Between 2004-2006 she served as legal advisor to the Prime Minister of
Greece.
She is the author of the book “The role of the European Union in the Cyprus
issue”.
She has served as Head of the Greek Parliament Delegation to the Inter-
parliamentary Union (I.P.U.) and as Ambassador of the Greek Parliament to the
“Women Political Leaders” (WPL).
She is the Founder and President of the “Center for Gender and Equality Policy
Studies” of the European Public Law Organization (EPLO).