Aikaterini Batzeli ( el, Αικατερίνη Μπατζελή) (b. 25 May 1958,

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

) is a Greek politician, Member of Parliament in Greece and a former

Member of the European Parliament A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...

(MEP) for the Panhellenic Socialist Movement, part of the Party of European Socialists. She served as the Minister for Rural Development and Food from 7 October 2009 to 7 September 2010, as part of the First

Cabinet of George Papandreou Following the 4 October 2009 general elections in Greece, George Papandreou, the leader of the PA.SO.K., formed a government, which was sworn in on 7 October. A major cabinet reshuffle was made in September 2010. The cabinet was succeeded by th ...

. As MEP, Batzeli advocated strongly for the retention of the European Union's subsidy program for vineyards One of her last acts as MEP, she co-sponsored the 2009 declaration in support of the Special Olympics.Sarabjit Jagirdar, "MEPS Apporove Written Declaration on Support for Special Olympics in European Union." ''Hindustan Times'' 27 April 2009.

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* 1958 births Living people Politicians from Athens PASOK MEPs MEPs for Greece 2004–2009 21st-century women MEPs for Greece Women government ministers of Greece Agriculture ministers of Greece {{Greece-MEP-stub