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INFO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE UNCLAS ATHENS 000186 
 
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SIPDIS 
 
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SUBJECT: INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN GREECE: WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT 
STRATEGY SESSION 
 
REF: SECSTATE 202341 
 
  1.  In response to reftel action request, post has 
identified the following top five most influential women in 
Greece in order of importance, starting with most important 
person based on USG interests: 
 
-- Theodora (Dora) Bakoyiannis, Her Excellency Minister of 
Foreign Affairs; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;  5 
Vasilissis Sophias Avenue, 1st floor, 10671 Athens; tel: 
 30-210-368-1811/1810/1820 or  30-210-368-1730 (24 hour); 
fax:  30-210-368-1433. 
 
-- Gianni Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, owner of Eleftheros Typos 
newspaper; former President of the Organizing Committee for 
the Olympic Games "Athens 2004"; 35 Panepistimiou Street, 
10564 Athens; tel:  30-210-324-1040; fax:  30-210-325-2880. 
 
-- Anna Psarouda-Benaki; Her Excellency the President of 
Parliament; Speaker of the House; former International 
Visitor participant; Constitution Square, 10021 Athens; tel: 
 30-210-370-8013/8011; fax:  30-210-323-2913. 
 
-- Marianna Vardinoyannis; President ELPIDA (Association of 
the Friends of Children with Cancer); UNESCO Goodwill 
Ambassador; wife of media mogul Vardis Vardinoyannis; 46 
Mikras Asias Street, 11527 Goudi; tel:  30-210-775-7153/7934; 
fax:  30-210-775-2989. 
 
-- Anna Diamantopoulou; Member of the Hellenic Parliament at 
Large/Coordinator, socialist Opposition PASOK; Foreign 
Affairs and Defense Parliamentary Committee; former Member of 
the European Parliament; Ms. Diamantopoulou is among the top 
potential successors of Opposition PASOK leader, George 
Papandreou; 20 Athanasiou Diakou Street and 1 Syngrou Avenue, 
11743 Athens; tel:  30-210-924-7814; fax:  30-210-922-7244. 
 
 2.  The officer following women's issues at post is Mrs. 
Kirsten Bauman. 
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