European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
In office 9 February 2010 – 31 October 2014
President
José Manuel Barroso
Preceded by
Joe Borg
Succeeded by
Karmenu Vella (Environment Maritime Affairs and Fisheries)
First Deputy Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament
In office 4 July 1989 – 21 November 1989
President of Synaspismos
In office 18 March 1991 – 19 December 1993
Preceded by
Charilaos Florakis
Succeeded by
Nikos Konstantopoulos
Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Athens B
In office 16 September 2007 – 9 February 2010 (resigned)
In office 20 November 1977 – 10 October 2003 (resigned)
Member of the Hellenic Parliament for National list
In office 7 March 2004 – 18 August 2007
Municipal Councillor of the Municipality of Athens
In office 1 January 1995 – 9 April 2000 (resigned)
Personal details
Born
(1952-05-31) 31 May 1952 (age 71) Agios Nikolaos, Greece
Political party
Communist Party (1972-1991) Synaspismós (1991–2003) Panhellenic Socialist Movement (2003–present)
Spouses
Dimitris Karagkoules
(divorced)
Dimitris Danikas
(divorced)
Giorgos Kimoulis
(m. 1994, divorced)
Children
3
Alma mater
National Technical University of Athens (MS) Lancaster University
Maria Damanaki (Greek: Μαρία Δαμανάκη; born 31 May 1952) is a Greek politician. She is a former president of the Synaspismos party of the left and former state member of the Hellenic Parliament within the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK). She served as the Global Managing Director for Oceans at The Nature Conservancy.[1] In this capacity leads a global team focused on how the world manages its oceans, including sustainable fisheries management, large-scale protection and restoration of coral reefs and other ecosystems, coastal resilience, and mapping and quantification of the full value of the world's oceans to people.[1]
MariaDamanaki (Greek: Μαρία Δαμανάκη; born 31 May 1952) is a Greek politician. She is a former president of the Synaspismos party of the left and former...
in order to enter the parliament was a near disaster for the party. MariaDamanaki, who was then the president of Synaspismos, resigned from her position...
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poured in to support the students. A radio transmitter was set up and MariaDamanaki, then a student and member of A-EFEE, popularized the slogan "Bread-Education-Freedom"...
oceans, seas and the coasts". Among the speakers are Commissioner Ms. MariaDamanaki, the Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization, Mr...
post. Samaras also defied calls from the centre-left Pasok party for MariaDamanaki to continue as European Commissioner. Jean-Claude Juncker then nominated...
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1989 – 18 March 1991 Preceded by Position established Succeeded by MariaDamanaki Personal details Born (1914-07-20)20 July 1914 Paliozoglopi (near Karditsa)...
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European Commissioner for the Environment and Secretary of the State) MariaDamanaki (former Leader of SYN) Nikos Dendias (Secretary of the State) Anna Diamantopoulou...
Cambridge University Press. p. 117. ISBN 9780521410144. Maravall, José María (1997). Regimes, Politics, and Markets: Democratization and Economic Change...
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Cameron's 'Bloomberg' speech in January 2013. Additional speakers included MariaDamanaki the European Commissioner for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs; Rachida...
European Commission. 15 October 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2013. Tolbaru, Ana-Maria (15 October 2009). "EU and South Korea sign trade pact". European Voice...
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