Angela Gerekou ( el, Άντζελα Γκερέκου; born March 26, 1959) is a Greek actress and politician. Currently serving as President of
Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) from 2019.
She served as Deputy Minister of the
Ministry of Culture and Sport from 2014 to 2015 and from 2009 to 2010. Also served as
MP for the
Hellenic Parliament
The Hellenic Parliament ( el, Ελληνικό Κοινοβούλιο, Elliniko Kinovoulio; formally titled el, Βουλή των Ελλήνων, Voulí ton Ellínon, Boule (ancient Greece), Boule of the Greeks, Hellenes, label=none), also kno ...
from 2004 to 2012.
Biography
Early life
Angela Gerekou was born in
Corfu
Corfu (, ) or Kerkyra ( el, Κέρκυρα, Kérkyra, , ; ; la, Corcyra.) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, of the Ionian Islands, and, including its small satellite islands, forms the margin of the northwestern frontier of Greece. The isl ...
, in the
Ionian Sea
The Ionian Sea ( el, Ιόνιο Πέλαγος, ''Iónio Pélagos'' ; it, Mar Ionio ; al, Deti Jon ) is an elongated bay of the Mediterranean Sea. It is connected to the Adriatic Sea to the north, and is bounded by Southern Italy, including C ...
, Greece.
Movie career
Her good looks got her noticed in the 1980s by producers and directors of the then-flourishing
Greek cinema.
Politician
Angela Gerekou served as Deputy Minister of the
Ministry of Culture and Sport in the cabinet of
George Papandreou from 2009 to 2010.
Personal life
Angela Gerekou married Greek actor and singer
Tolis Voskopoulos, with whom she had a
daughter named Maria in 2001.
Filmography
Film
Television
External links
Angela GerekouAngela Gerekou's Personal Life
Βιογραφικό στην ιστοσελίδα του ΠΑΣΟΚ
Βιογραφικό σημείωμα στην σελίδα του Υπουργείου Πολιτισμού και Τουρισμού
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PASOK politicians
Greek film actresses
Greek stage actresses
Greek television actresses
20th-century Greek actresses
21st-century Greek actresses
1959 births
Living people
Actors from Corfu
Greek MPs 2004–2007
Greek MPs 2007–2009
Greek MPs 2009–2012
Greek MPs 2012–2014
MPs of Corfu
Women members of the Hellenic Parliament
21st-century Greek politicians
21st-century Greek women politicians
Politicians from Corfu
Greek architects