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Anna Benaki-Psarouda
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| Άννα Μπενάκη - Ψαρούδα | |
Benaki-Psarouda (right) in 2007
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| Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament | |
| In office 19 March 2004 – 28 September 2007 |
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| President | Konstantinos Stephanopoulos Karolos Papoulias |
| Preceded by | Apostolos Kaklamanis |
| Succeeded by | Dimitris Sioufas |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 3 December 1992 – 14 September 1993 |
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| Prime Minister | Konstantinos Mitsotakis |
| Preceded by | Ioannis Varvitsiotis |
| Succeeded by | Georgios Plagianakos |
| Minister of Culture | |
| In office 8 August 1991 – 3 December 1992 |
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| Prime Minister | Konstantinos Mitsotakis |
| Preceded by | Tzannis Tzannetakis |
| Succeeded by | Dora Bakoyannis |
| In office 2 July 1989 – 7 July 1989 |
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| Prime Minister | Tzannis Tzannetakis |
| Preceded by | Melina Mercouri |
| Succeeded by | Georgios Mylonas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 December 1934 Exarcheia, Athens, Greece |
| Political party | New Democracy |
| Spouse | Linos Benakis (?–2022) |
| Alma mater | University of Athens University of Bonn University of Freiburg |
| Website | Official Website: http://www.benakianna.gr/%CE%92%CE%B9%CE%BF%CE%B3%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%86%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C/%CE%92%CE%B9%CE%BF%CE%B3%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%86%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C-EN |
Anna Benaki-Psarouda (Άννα Μπενάκη - Ψαρούδα pronounced [anna benaki-psarouda]); born 12 December 1934) is a Greek lawyer, New Democracy politician and academician.
She was born in Exarcheia, Athens, and obtained her PhD from the University of Bonn. She joined the Athens Bar Association and taught law. In 1981 she entered into politics and in the 1990s became culture minister then Minister of Justice. From 2004 to 2007 she served as Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament. She is the first ever woman to hold that office.
In 2010 she was elected Member of the Academy of Athens. On 7 December 2018 she was elected to serve as Vice-President of the Academy of Athens for the year 2019, and President for the year 2020, succeeding Stephanos Imellos in both offices.
