Sofia Sakorafa
Sofia Sakorafa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Σοφία Σακοράφα | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sakorafa, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 18 July 2019 – 21 May 2023 Serving with Nikitas Kaklamanis, Haralambos Athanasiou, Athanasios Bouras, Dimitris Vitsas, Odysseas Konstantinopoulos, Giorgos Lambroulis, and Apostolos Avdelas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Speaker | Konstantinos Tasoulas | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of the Hellenic Parliament | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 8 July 2019 – 21 May 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Athens B3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 17 June 2012 – 5 May 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Fotini Kouvela | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Athens B | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of the European Parliament | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1 July 2014 – 2 July 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Greece | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 29 April 1957 Trikala, Thessaly, Kingdom of Greece | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Alma mater | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Politician | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Greece | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Women's Javelin | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sofia Sakorafa (Greek: Σοφία Σακοράφα, born 29 April 1957 in Trikala, Greece) is a Greek-Palestinian politician and former javelin thrower. She was a Member of the European Parliament for Greece as member of the political party MeRA25, having formerly sat for Syriza and before that served, from June 2012 to July 2014, as a Syriza Member of the Hellenic Parliament. She served as a deputy speaker in the Hellenic Parliament for the MeRA25 party. She is the president of Association hellénique d'athlétisme amateur (SEGAS).