In her hometown, the Valimitika Aigiou her funeral will take place Vassos Papandreou the Saturday, October 19.

The funeral service was scheduled to take place at the Holy Church of Saint Basil on Saturday at 3:00 p.m., while her family announced that instead of wreaths, people can make a deposit to the bank account of the “Flame”, online or in store. to the following IBANs:

Alpha Bank – GR8001401120112002002011686
Eurobank – GR6602600630000460100128261
ETHNIKH TPAPEZA – GR2501101920000019248000010
TPAPEZA OF PEIPAIOS – GR6301720150005015020641423

Vaso Papandreou had been a member of parliament and a minister of PASOK, of which she was a top executive for a number of years, as well as a commissioner for 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 on 9 December 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.