Lina Tsaldari ( el, Λίνα Τσαλδάρη; 1887 – 17 October 1981) was a right-wing

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politician. She became the first female minister in

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in 1956, serving as the Minister for Social Welfare under

Konstantinos Karamanlis Konstantinos G. Karamanlis ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Γ. Καραμανλής, ; 8 March 1907 – 23 April 1998), commonly anglicised to Constantine Karamanlis or just Caramanlis, was a four-time prime minister and twice as the president of ...

' government.

Early life

Tsaldari was born Lina Lambrou ( el, Λίνα Λάμπρου) in 1887 to

Spyridon Lambros Spyridon Lambros or Lampros ( el, Σπυρίδων Λάμπρος; 1851–1919) was a Greek history professor and briefly Prime Minister of Greece during the National Schism. Biography He was born in Corfu in 1851 and was educated in London, Paris ...

(b. 1851 - d. 1919), who succeeded

Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos ( el, Νικόλαος Καλογερόπουλος; 23 July 1851 – 7 January 1927) was a Greek politician and briefly Prime Minister of Greece. Biography Kalogeropoulos was born in Chalkida, Euboea, and studied law in ...

as Prime Minister of Greece, serving from October 1916 to February 1917. Tsaldari was of Aromanian descent, just like her father.

Political career

Tsaldari became the first woman to serve in the

Government of Greece Government of Greece (officially: Government of the Hellenic Republic; also Greek Government or Hellenic Government)

, serving as the Minister of Social Welfare. She was also an active

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. After serving in Parliament, she became Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations.

Personal life

Tsaldari married

Panagis Tsaldaris Panagis Tsaldaris (also Panagiotis Tsaldaris or Panayotis Tsaldaris; el, Παναγιώτης (Παναγής) Τσαλδάρης; 5 March 1868 – 17 May 1936) was a Greek politician and the 48th Prime Minister of Greece. He was a revered conse ...

(b. 1868 – d. 1936) in 1919, the same year that her father died in

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. Like her father, her husband served as Prime Minister of Greece.

Death

Tsaldari died of a stroke on 17 October 1981. She was 94 years old.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tsaldari, Lina 1887 births 1981 deaths Politicians from Athens National Radical Union politicians Women government ministers of Greece Social affairs ministers Health ministers of Greece Greek MPs 1956–1958 Permanent Representatives of Greece to the United Nations Greek suffragists 20th-century Greek women politicians Greek women diplomats Greek women ambassadors Greek people of Aromanian descent Diplomats from Athens