Angeliki-Efrosini Kiaou ( el, Αγγελική - Ευφροσύνη Κιάου), known as Frosso Kiaou ( el, Φρόσω Κιάου), is a Greek politician who was the
Minister of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs in the
Caretaker Cabinet of Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou. She previously served as the Minister for Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs from May to June 2012 in the
Caretaker Cabinet of Panagiotis Pikrammenos
The Caretaker Cabinet of Panagiotis Pikrammenos was sworn in on May 17, 2012 after the end of the period of office of the Cabinet of Lucas Papademos, when an inconclusive election on May 6, 2012 resulted in a hung parliament. According to the pr ...
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Education
Kiaou studied law at the
University of Hamburg
The University of Hamburg (german: link=no, Universität Hamburg, also referred to as UHH) is a public research university in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded on 28 March 1919 by combining the previous General Lecture System ('' Allgemeines Vor ...
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Professional career
Kiaou worked as a lawyer, and served at one time as vice president of the Athens Bar Association.
Political career
In 2012, Kiaou wrote to
Günter Grass
Günter Wilhelm Grass (born Graß; ; 16 October 1927 – 13 April 2015) was a German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor, and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature.
He was born in the Free City of Da ...
to thank him for a recent poem in which he criticized the
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...
's handling of the
Greek government-debt crisis
Greece faced a sovereign debt crisis in the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2007–2008. Widely known in the country as The Crisis ( Greek: Η Κρίση), it reached the populace as a series of sudden reforms and austerity measures that ...
.
Personal life
Kiaou is married to Nikos Kiaos, a journalist and former President of the ESIEA, the journalists' union of Athens newspapers.
References
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Politicians from Athens
Living people
Government ministers of Greece
Culture ministers of Greece
University of Hamburg alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)