Afroditi Theopeftatou ( el, Αφροδίτη Θεοπεφτάτου; born 23 May 1957) is a Greek civil engineer and politician, member of the Council of the Hellenes from

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until 11 January 2019. Born in

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, she is a graduate of the Polytechnic School of the University of Patras and worked as a civil engineer. During her student years she was a member of the

Greek Communist Youth – Rigas Feraios The Greek Communist Youth «Rigas Feraios» ( el, Ελληνική Κομμουνιστική Νεολαία «Ρήγας Φεραίος», abbreviated EKON Rigas Feraios, ''ΕΚΟΝ Ρήγας Φεραίος'') was a communist youth organization in ...

. She was elected MP of

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with

SYRIZA The Coalition of the Radical Left – Progressive Alliance ( el, Συνασπισμός Ριζοσπαστικής Αριστεράς – Προοδευτική Συμμαχία, Synaspismós Rizospastikís Aristerás – Proodeftikí Simachía), ...

in the May and June 2012 elections and in the

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and September 2015 elections. She also was the secretary of the SYRIZA Parliamentary Group.

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