Chrysoula Saatsoglou-Paliadeli ( born 8 July 1947, Χρυσούλα Σαατσόγλου- Παλιαδέλη) is a Greek archaeologist, professor emerita of

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki ( AUTh; ), often called the University of Thessaloniki, is the second oldest tertiary education institution in Greece. Named after the philosopher Aristotle, who was born in Stageira, about east of Thessa ...

and former member of the European Parliament. Saatsoglou-Paliadeli was born in

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; ), also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, Salonika, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece (with slightly over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area) and the capital cit ...

on 8 July 1947. She studied in Thessaloniki and then worked as assistant to archaeologists and

Manolis Andronikos Manolis Andronikos () (October 23, 1919 – March 30, 1992) was a Greek archaeologist and a professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Biography Andronikos was born on October 23, 1919, at Bursa (). His father originated from th ...

. She has been involved with excavations at Dion and in particular at

Vergina Vergina (, ) is a small town in Northern Greece, part of the Veria municipality in Imathia, Central Macedonia. Vergina was established in 1922 in the aftermath of the Population exchange between Greece and Turkey, population exchanges after t ...

where she was director of the University of Thessaloniki's excavations. She was a member of the

7th European Parliament The seventh European Parliament was elected in the 2009 elections and lasted until the 2014 elections. Major events * 4–7 June 2009 ** Elections to the Seventh Parliament. * 14 July 2009 ** First meeting (constitutive session) of the Se ...

representing Greece, from 2009 to 2014, as a member of the

Panhellenic Socialist Movement The Panhellenic Socialist Movement (, ), known mostly by its acronym PASOK (; , ), is a social-democratic political party in Greece. Until 2012 it was one of the two major parties in the country, along with New Democracy, its main political r ...

(PASOK). In 2014 she was selected as a candidate for the election of the deputy governor of Thessaloniki.

Selected publications

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References

External links

Official website
''Archived on 12 September 2017'' *
Facebook page
"The official page for the excavation conducted at Vergina by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, under Prof. Chrysoula Paliadeli." 1947 births Living people Greek women archaeologists 21st-century women MEPs for Greece PASOK MEPs MEPs for Greece 2009–2014 People from Thessaloniki Scientists from Thessaloniki {{archaeologist-stub