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 ...

Education

Kiaou studied law at the

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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

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'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.

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