“It is time for the women of this country to realize that they can attain their dreams, on their own merits, without facing obstacles simply because they were born women.”
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Katerina Sakellaropoulou
Katerina N. Sakellaropoulou is a Greek retired judge who served as the president of Greece from 2020 to 2025. She was elected by the Hellenic Parliament to succeed Prokopis Pavlopoulos on 22 January 2020. Prior to her election as president, Sakellaropoulou served as president of the Council of State, the highest administrative court of Greece. She was the country's first female president.
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politics · President of Greece from 2020 to 2025 · judge · jurist · president · also Katerina Sakellaropoulou, Ekaterini Sakellaropoulou, Aikaterini Sakellaropoulou, Sakellaropoulou
Born 30 May 1956 · Q57415743
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secure the integrity of our borders while also defending and fulfilling our humanitarian duty toward defenseless and desperate people, a difficult but not impossible equation.
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2026· 6 entries
“secure the integrity of our borders while also defending and fulfilling our humanitarian duty toward defenseless and desperate people, a difficult but not impossible equation.”
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“thwart the aggression of those who, using human pain, want to harm our national sovereignty.”
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“The concept that the European Convention of Human Rights is a dynamic text and a living instrument has been a crucial feature of Strasbourg’s case law from its very start.”
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“Applying the Convention has also led to constitutional change: an interpretative statement has been added to article 4 in virtue of the recognition of contentious objectors, after the respective decision.”
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“The Convention’s case-law has proved to be a force of reform for national legislation and domestic law in general. Especially, concerning Greece, religious liberty, property rights, and fair trial guarantees have been more effectively safeguarded thanks to the implementation of the Court’sjudgments.”
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2024· 3 entries
Won: SMOM (October 2024).
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Awarded The City of Athens Democracy Award (2024).
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Won: Latvia (July 2024).
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2023· 2 entries
Won: Malta (July 2023).
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Sakellaropoulou appointed Ioannis Sarmas, the longest serving chief judge of a Greek high court at the time, as the head of a caretaker government
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2022· 8 entries
Won: Slovakia (September 2022).
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Won: Netherlands (October 2022).
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Won: Bulgaria (December 2022).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of the White Double Cross presented by Zuzana Čaputová in Athens (2022).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Stara Planina (2022).
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Won: Portugal (March 2022).
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Won: Belgium (May 2022).
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“She's a great judge, an excellent consensus builder, she's liberal in the broadest sense of the word, and she's not partisan. This is very important for Greek politics. Most importantly, she's a generous person, she's empathetic, she very perceptive.”
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2021· 1 entry
Won: Slovenia (April 2021).
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2020· 11 entries
Won: Italy (October 2020).
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Awarded Decoration for Exceptional Merits (2020).
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Won: Cyprus (September 2020).
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2020).
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Won: Egypt (November 2020).
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Deccan Chronicle: Greece elects first female president Katerina Sakellaropoulou
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The Hill: Katerina Sakellaropoulou becomes Greece’s first female president
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SBS: Katerina Sakellaropoulou has become Greece's first female president
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The Globe and Mail: High court judge Katerina Sakellaropoulou elected as Greece’s first female president
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jagranjosh.com: Greece elects Katerina Sakellaropoulou as first female President
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Career landmark: President of Greece (2020–2025).
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2018· 1 entry
Career landmark: President of the Council of State (2018–2020).
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1978· 1 entry
Studied at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Bachelor of Laws (1978).
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1974· 1 entry
Studied at Arsakeia-Tositseia Schools (1974).
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1956· 1 entry
Born 1956-05-30.
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