Anni Podimata
Anni Podimata ( Greek Άννυ Ποδηματά Anny Podimata ; born October 8, 1962 in Athens ) is a Greek politician ( PASOK ).
Podimata graduated from the Philosophy Faculty of the University of Athens in the fields of French Language and Philology. She then attended a postgraduate seminar at the Institut Journalistes en Europe in Paris with an EC scholarship .
Podimata initially worked as an employee of the newspapers I Avgi and To Vima and the radio station Athens 9.84 . She then worked as a correspondent for the TV channel ET1 and the Athens News Agency in Paris. From 1996 to 1998 she was an editor for foreign policy issues at Exousia newspaper , then until 2007 at To Vima and To Vima tis Kyriakis . In 2000 she received the Greek-Turkish Friendship Prize from the Association of Turkish Radio Journalists for her contribution to bringing the two countries closer together. The prize was awarded in Ankara by the then foreign ministers of the two countries, Georgios Papandreou and İsmail Cem .
Podimata has been a member of the European Parliament since 2009 , of which she has been Vice-President since July 5, 2011. In this role, she is said to have bullied her employee, who in December 2013 awarded a court for damages of 50,000 euros.
Web links
- Entry on Anni Podimata in the Members' database of the European Parliament
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Podimata, Anni |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Άννυ Ποδηματά (Greek spelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek politician (PASOK), MEP |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 8, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Athens |