Tonia (Antonia) Arahova is an administrative scientist. She serves as Deputy Governor of DYPA since December 2025, responsible for matters related to labor and insurance, social protection, public property as well as policies targeting special and vulnerable social groups, with a focus on their (re)integration into the labor market and the reconciliation of professional and family life. She served till June 2024 as President of General Council for Libraries in The Ministry of Education in Greece. She is IFLA (International Federation of Libraries Associations) former President Elect 2021-2022. The first person in IFLA’s 94 years history ever elected from the southeast Mediterranean. The period 2017-2019 was The Head of The Library of The President of Hellenic Democracy. She has served 2011-2014 as the Acting Director General of the National Library of Greece where she holds a permanent position as civil servant since 1995. From 2004 till 2009 she was counselor of the Head of the group of Greek MEPs in Brussels in cultural policy, heritage, and cultural creation of interconnection digital networks. She holds a BA in Byzantine and Modern Greek Literature, an MPA (Master in Public Administration and Public Policy) from the Athens University of Business and Economics and a Master in Communication and Media Studies from EKPA (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens). Her dissertation has the title: “Cultural Diplomacy and social media. The Example of USA Presidential Libraries”. She is a PhD candidate, and her thesis is on “Strategies for The Implementation of Digital Services in The National Library of Greece”. She has served as Treasurer, member of the Governing Board, Executive Committee, Professional Committee, and member of the International Jury Committee of IFLA International Marketing Award. From 2007 till 2010 she was a member of the Board of Directors of the Greek General State Archives. She speaks English, French and Italian and she plays the piano. She is the Managing Director of the literary magazine dekata. She has published articles about strategic management, leadership, public administration, public diplomacy, cultural heritage marketing and strategic reforms in human resources. She served from 1/2017 till 1/2023 as Secretary General of ENAM (European Network of American Alumni Associations). Chosen by State Department she was educated in USA in 2007 in the frame of IVLP (International Visitor Leadership Program). She had served as Special Advisor to The Alternate Minister of Immigration for European Parliament Issues and Libraries. In 2022 she was appointed as deputy representative of The Greek Ministry of Education in The EuropeanCommission Expert Group on the common European Data Space for cultural Heritage. She has attended successfully among others, the leadership course of Harvard University and the certified IMF program “Inclusive Growth: Labor Markets, Gender and Technology”.