Maria Kollia-Tsaroucha
Maria Kollia-Tsaroucha | |
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Μαρία Κόλλια-Τσαρουχά | |
Maria Kolla at a meeting of the Organizing Committee for "Deaflympics Athens 2013" at Zappeion, Athens, 7 July 2009. | |
| Deputy Minister for National Defence | |
| In office 29 August 2018 – 18 January 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Alexis Tsipras |
| Preceded by | vacant last held by Nikos Toskas |
| Succeeded by | vacant next held by Alkiviadis Stefanis |
| Deputy Minister for Macedonia and Thrace | |
| In office 23 September 2015 – 29 August 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Alexis Tsipras |
| Preceded by | Filippos Tsalidis |
| Succeeded by | Katerina Notopoulou |
| In office 27 January 2015 – 28 August 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Alexis Tsipras |
| Preceded by | Georgios Orfanos (as Minister for Macedonia and Thrace) |
| Succeeded by | Filippos Tsalidis |
| 6th Deputy Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament | |
| 14th, 15th | |
| In office 18 May 2012 – 5 February 2015 | |
| Member of the Hellenic Parliament | |
| 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th | |
| In office 9 April 2000 – 7 July 2019 | |
| Constituency | Serres |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1958 (age 66–67) Serres, Macedonia, Greece |
| Political party | New Democracy (1983-2012) Independent Greeks (since 2012) |
| Spouse | Christos Tsarouchas |
| Alma mater | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki |
Maria Kollia Tsaroucha (Greek: Μαρία Κόλλια-Τσαρουχά) is a Greek politician from Serres. She was Deputy Minister for Macedonia and Thrace and later Deputy Minister for National Defence between 2015 and 2019 in the First and Second Cabinets of Alexis Tsipras. She was also a Member of Parliament with New Democracy and the Independent Greeks from 2000 to 2019, during which she was Deputy Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament from 2012 to 2015.