Editing Fani Palli-Petralia

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Fani Palli-Petralia was born August 10, 1943 in Athens. She is a Greek lawyer, New Democracy politician and a former Minister for Employment and Social Protection. She is also a former Minister of Tourism. 

== Biography ==

She was elected MP for the Athens B constituency in the general elections of 1985, 1989 (June and November), 1990, 1993, 1996 and 2000.

She was elected to the ND Central Committee in 1990 and the Executive Committee in 1997. In 1999, she became president of the European Women’s Union. In 2002, she was elected president of the International Democratic Union of Women.

She served as Deputy Minister for Culture from 1990 to 1991 and Deputy Minister for Health, Welfare and Social Security from 1992 to 1993. She was Alternate Minister for Culture from 2004 to 2006.

She was appointed Minister for Tourism on 15 February 2006, and was not included in the Cabinet that was appointed after the September 2007 parliamentary election.

On 18 December 2007, Palli-Petralia returned to the cabinet as Minister for Employment and Social Protection.

== Education == 

She studied law at the University of Athens.

== Notable Work ==

She was a the first woman who held a position of Minister of Tourism. 

== Futher Information ==

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2h2yHS53FY ICD Lecture "How can Cultural Diplomacy Lead to the Solution of Contemporary Issues" (Berlin, March 2014).]

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_U_VaSUUL0 ICD Interview] 

== External Links and References ==

[http://www.cd-n.org/index.php?how-can-cultural-diplomacy-lead-to-the-solution-of-contemporary-issues ICD Talking Cultural Diplomacy]
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-! colspan="2" class="n" style="text-align: center; font-size: 132%;" |Fani Palli-Petralia
-|-
-! colspan="2" style="background-color: lavender; text-align: center" | Minister for Employment and Social Protection
-|-
-| colspan="2" style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center" |In office
-December 2007 – 7 October 2009
-|-
-! style="text-align:left;" | Preceded by
-| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasilios_Magginas Vasilios Magginas]
-|-
-! style="text-align:left;" | Succeeded by
-| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Loverdos Andreas Loverdos]
-|-
-! colspan="2" style="background-color: lavender; text-align: center" | Minister for Tourism
-|-
-| colspan="2" style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center" |In office
-February 2006 – 19 September 2007
-|-
-! style="text-align:left;" | Preceded by
-| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimitris_Avramopoulos Dimitris Avramopoulos]
-|-
-! style="text-align:left;" | Succeeded by
-| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aris_Spiliotopoulos Aris Spiliotopoulos]
-|-
-! colspan="2" style="background-color: lavender; text-align: center" | Personal details
-|-
-! style="text-align:left;" | Born
-| 10 August 10 1943 (age 71)
-Athens, Greece
-|-
-! style="text-align:left;" | Political party
-| New Democracy
-|-
-! style="text-align:left;" | Spouse(s)
-| Nikos Pallis
-|-
-! style="text-align:left;" | Alma mater
-| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Athens University of Athens]
-|-
-! style="text-align:left;" | Profession
-| Lawyer
-|}
 Fani Palli-Petralia was born August 10, 1943 in Athens. She is a Greek lawyer, New Democracy politician and a former Minister for Employment and Social Protection. She is also a former Minister of Tourism.