The funeral on Saturday in her hometown – Vasso Papandreou promoted the protection of workers’ rights, gender equality and showed special care for labor fighters and people with special needs.
The former minister of his governments died at the age of 80 PASOK, Vaso Papandreou.
In the Plenary Session of the Parliament, a minute’s silence was observed in her memory after the condolence messages of the representatives of the parties with references to her long journey in the political scene of the country.
Her funeral will take place on Saturday at 3 in the afternoon in her place of origin, Valimitika Aigiou.
It had been MP and minister of PASOKof which he was a leading executive for a number of years, as well as commissioner of Greece in the then EEC. She was the first female commissioner of Greece.
In 1993, he collected 256,831 preference crosses in the electoral district B’ of Athens, the highest performance in this district.
She was born in Valimitika, Aegean on December 9, 1944. She studied Economics at the former ASOEE and went on to England where she received an MA from the University of London and a PhD from the University of Reading, and then taught at Oxford.
He was president of EOMMEX (1981-1985), deputy minister of Industry, Energy and Technology (1985-1986), deputy minister of Industry, Energy and Technology (1986-1987), deputy minister of trade for the issues of the Greek Presidency in the Community (1988-1989) ), EEC Commissioner for Employment, Labor Relations and Social Affairs, Human Resources, Education and Training, and Gender Equality (1989-1993), Minister of Development (1996-1999), Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization (1999-2001) and PEHODE (2001-2004) in PASOK governments. It provided new educational opportunities, promoted the protection of workers’ rights, gender equality, and showed special concern for labor fighters and people with special needs.
It promoted the European Social Charter and enshrined Social Dialogue across Europe. He took initiatives for the reconstruction of PASOK, and played an active role in the election of Constantinos Simitis as Prime Minister. As Minister of the Interior, he instituted Citizen Service Centers (CSCs).
On her initiative, she legislated the participation of women at a rate of 33% in the combinations of the 2002 Prefectural and Municipal elections.
Source: Skai
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