Marina Lambraki-Plaka (c. 1939 – 13 June 2022) was a Greek historian, archaeologist, and academic. Born in

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. She was the director of the

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from 1992 to 2022. She served as Alternate Minister of Culture in the

Caretaker Cabinet of Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou The Caretaker Cabinet of Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou was formed following the resignation of the Syriza-ANEL coalition government on 20 August 2015, and the failure of opposition parties to form their own government. The cabinet was headed b ...

Publications

* ''Classical Memories in Modern Greek Art'' (Onassis Cultural Center, Olympic Tower / Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation, 2000) * ''Paris-Athenes 1863-1940'' (with Olga Mentzafou-Polyzou; Pinacotheque Nationale et Musee Alexandros Soutzos, 2006)

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1939 births 2022 deaths Greek women historians 20th-century Greek historians 21st-century Greek historians Culture ministers of Greece Greek archaeologists Greek women archaeologists Greek women curators People from Heraklion (regional unit) {{archaeologist-stub