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Fofi Gennimata was born on 17 November, 1964 in Athens, Kingdom of Greece, is a Greek politician (1964–2021). Discover Fofi Gennimata's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 56 years old?

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Occupation Politician · Political scientist
Age 56 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 17 November 1964
Birthday 17 November
Birthplace Athens, Kingdom of Greece
Date of death 25 October, 2021
Died Place Athens, Greece
Nationality Greece

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Who Is Fofi Gennimata's Husband?

Her husband is Alexandros Ntekas Andreas Tsounis (m. 2003)

Family
Parents Georgios Gennimatas (father)
Husband Alexandros Ntekas Andreas Tsounis (m. 2003)
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Children 3

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1964

Fotini "Fofi" Gennimata (Φωτεινή "Φώφη" Γεννηματά ; 17 November 1964 – 25 October 2021) was a Greek politician who served as president of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) from 2015 to 2021.

During her tenure as party leader, she also co-founded and led the Democratic Alignment and the Movement for Change, two successive political alliances of centre-left parties formed around PASOK.

1980

She was the daughter of Georgios Gennimatas, a high-profile government minister during the PASOK administrations of the 1980s and 1990s.

1984

Her mother, Kakia Vergou, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1984.

1986

Prior to her entry into a political career, she began working as a banker in 1986 for the National Bank of Greece.

1987

She graduated from the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Athens in 1987.

When at university, she was a member of the socialist student union.

1993

She died in September 1993, at the age of 54.

1994

Her father, Georgios Gennimatas, was diagnosed with lung cancer in early 1992 and died on 25 April 1994 at age 54.

Gennimata married her first husband, Alexandros Ntekas, at the age of 22 with whom she had her elder daughter, Aimilia.

2000

After the legislative elections of 2000, at the age of 36 Gennimata became a member of the Hellenic parliament for PASOK and representing the Athens A constituency, a position she held until she resigned in 2002 to run for local elections.

2001

From 2001 to 2004, she served as a member of PASOK's Central Committee, and from 2003 to 2009 she was a member of the Executive Bureau and the Political Council of PASOK.

2002

In August 2002 she was named PASOK candidate in the 2002 local elections for the Super-Prefecture of Athens and Piraeus, elections she won in the second round with 56.3% of the votes.

2003

Between 2003 and 2007 she was also president of the Greek Union of Prefectures.

She married her second husband, Andreas Tsounis, in 2003 with whom she had a daughter and a son.

2006

She was re-elected in the first round of the 2006 local elections with 43.4% of the votes.

Her term was characterized by continuous clashes with the national government, reluctant to Gennimata's demands that the central administration decentralize more and give more responsibilities to local governments.

2007

Few days before the 2007 legislative elections, Gennimata resigned as mayor to lead PASOK's regional candidacy, but the Supreme Court blocked this move as ruled that according to Article 57 of the Constitution of Greece, local government officials cannot stand for election as MPs until they have seen their term out.

2008

In 2008 Gennimata was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer; she spoke openly about her health issues.

On 11 October 2021, Gennimata was hospitalized with ileus due to metastatic cancer.

On 25 October 2021, she died at Evangelismos Hospital of Athens at the age of 56.

The Greek parliament held a minute of silence and decided to suspend its sessions for one week to honor her.

The Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis declared a national day of mourning for 27 October 2021, the day Gennimata's funeral was held.

2009

Gennimata served as a minister in the Cabinet of George Papandreou between 2009 and 2011, first as Deputy Minister of Health and Welfare and later as Alternate Minister of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs.

Gennimata was born in Ampelokipoi, Athens, the daughter of PASOK politician Georgios Gennimatas.

She was elected deputy again in the 2009 legislative election.

In October 2009, newly elected Prime Minister George Papandreou appointed her Deputy Minister of Health and Welfare, office she held until September 2010.

2010

From September 2010 to November 2011, she served as an Alternate Minister of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs in the same cabinet.

2011

In 2011, PM Lucas Papademos named her Deputy Minister of the Interior.

2012

In 2012, Gennimata was appointed a spokesperson for PASOK thus resigned from her cabinet position.

2013

She was also Deputy Minister of National Defence between June 2013 and January 2015.

2015

Gennimata was elected as Leader of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement at their tenth conference in 2015, after Evangelos Venizelos stepped down as leader a year before the conclusion of his term.

She won the leadership election with 51% of the vote, beating Odysseas Konstantinopoulos and Andreas Loverdos.

On 30 August 2015, together with the chairman of DIMAR Thanasis Theocharopoulos she announced that both parties would unite in a single candidacy called Democratic Alignment (DISI) for the September 2015 snap election and she would be the one to lead it.

The candidacy won 17 seats, 4 more than the seats PASOK won in the January election.

2017

On 20 November 2017 Gennimata was elected as leader of Movement for Change with 56% of the vote, beating Nikos Androulakis.

On 24 November 2017, she was re-elected as president of PASOK.

In early 2021, Gennimata announced that she was seeking her re-election as leader of Movement for Change.

On 12 October 2021, Gennimata was hospitalized due to health reasons and announced her withdrawal from the party leadership.

Gennimata was the daughter of the prominent socialist minister Georgios Gennimatas and Kakia Vergou.