Lina Koutifari

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Lina Koutifari
Smiling woman next to man in suit
Lina Koutifari (left)
Deputy Minister of Education and Religious Affairs
In office
September 10, 1976 – October 1977
Prime MinisterKonstantinos Karamanlis
Preceded byAthanasiou Taliadourou, Chrysostomou Karapieri[1]
Succeeded byVasiliou Kontogiannopolou, Hari Karaza[2]
Personal details
Born
Pavlina Tsakiris

1921[3]
Smyrna, Ottoman Empire
DiedMarch 22, 1991[3]
Greece
SpouseVasilios Koutifaris [el]
Children2
ProfessionCytologist, professor

Lina Koutifari (Greek: Λίνα Κουτήφαρη) (1921 – March 22, 1991), née Tsakiris,[4][5] was a Greek doctor, professor, and MP from Smyrna, modern İzmir.

Biography[edit]

She was born Pavlina Tsakiris[5] in Smyrna.

Koutifari studied under Georgios Papanikolaou in the USA. In 1954, she founded the cytology department at the Alexandra Hospital in Athens. She was the first Greek cytologist to practice in Greece.[6][7]

She was elected to the Greek parliament on November 17, 1974.[8] Koutifari was a member of the New Democracy Party.[9] She represented the Municipality of Athens [el].[10] She was appointed the Deputy Minister of National Education and Religious Affairs in September 1976 by Konstantinos Karamanlis, and she resigned in October 1977.[1][11] While serving as an MP, she lectured at the University of Athens medical school. She was also the chief of the Greek delegation to the 1975 World Conference on Women.[12]

She believed that a woman's first duty was to her children and that women belonged in the home.[13]

Koutifari died on March 22, 1991.[3][14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Κυβέρνησις ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥ Γ. ΚΑΡΑΜΑΝΛΗ" (in Greek). General Secretariat of Legal and Parliamentary Affairs. Archived from the original on June 5, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Λίνα Κουτήφαρη". Health View: η υγεία πανοραμικά (in Greek). March 21, 2021.
  3. ^ Kanonismos tou en Athēnais Ēpeirōtikou Syllogou ta Iōannina (in Greek). Google Books: Ēpeirōtikos Syllogos ta Iōannina, Athens. 1955–1956. p. 49.
  4. ^ a b "Τμήμα 3: Οι καθηγητές πανεπιστημίου στην ώρα τού εθνικού διχασμού". Oikonomikon (in Greek). Archived from the original on March 5, 2016.
  5. ^ Terpos, Asterios A. (1996). "ΚΥΤΤΑΡΟΛΟΓΙΚΟ ΤΜΗΜΑ Π.Γ. ΝΟΣΟΚΟΜΕΙΟΥ "ΑΛΕΞΑΝ∆ΡΑ" : ΤΟ ΚΥΤΤΑΡΟΛΟΓΙΚΟ ΕΡΓΑΣΤΗΡΙΟ ΣΕ ΑΡΙΘΜΟΥΣ ΠΕΡΙΟ∆ΟΣ 1970 - 1995" (PDF) (in Greek). Alexandra Hospital Cytology Department.
  6. ^ Eustratiades, Mary (August 1974). "Practice of Cytology in Greece". Laboratory Medicine. 5 (8). Oxford Academic: 16. doi:10.1093/labmed/5.8.16.
  7. ^ Siope, Afroditi; Tsoppanou, Irini (May 2015). "Women and politics: The participation of women in the Greek parliament" (PDF) (Thesis). Technological Institute of Crete.
  8. ^ "Composition of Previous Terms". Hellenic Parliament.
  9. ^ "Parliamentary Tenure of Members of Parliament From the Post-colonial Era to Today". Hellenic Parliament (in Greek).
  10. ^ International Academy at Santa Barbara (1977). Almanac of Current World Leaders, Volume 20. Google Books. pp. 32–33.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  11. ^ Best, Michael (1975). "State Dept cable 1975-186147". Internet Archive. United States State Department. p. 01.
  12. ^ Weaver, Mary Anne (June 25, 1977). "Greece Won't Draft Women". Washington Post.
  13. ^ Tachydromos Issues 14-17. Google Books. 1991. p. 104.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)