Eleni Skoura (Ελένη Σκούρα, 21 December 1896,

Volos Volos ( el, Βόλος ) is a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about north of Athens and south of Thessaloniki. It is the sixth most populous city of Greece, and the capital of the Magnesia regional unit ...

– 4 February 1991) was the first female member of

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, elected in a

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in January 1953, following the first official women's vote in that country in the November 1952 general elections. Women had previously been allowed to vote, and five women had been elected, in the 1944 elections for the National Council set up by the Greek Resistance. She represented

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of ...

and had run against another woman, Virginia Zanna. Skoura was a member of the conservative

Greek Rally Greek Rally ( el, Ἑλληνικὸς Συναγερμός (ΕΣ), ''Ellīnikòs Synagermós'' (ES)) was a right-wing political party in Greece. History Founded on 6 August 1951 by former field marshal Alexandros Papagos, the party encompasse ...

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20th-century Greek women politicians 1896 births 1991 deaths Greek Rally politicians Greek MPs 1952–1956 MPs of Thessaloniki Women members of the Hellenic Parliament People from Volos {{Greece-bio-stub