Maria Damanaki | |
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| Μαρία Δαμανάκη | |
 Damanaki in 2013 | |
| European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries | |
| In office 9 February 2010 – 31 October 2014 | |
| President | José Manuel Barroso |
| Preceded by | Joe Borg |
| Succeeded by | Karmenu Vella (Environment Maritime Affairs and Fisheries) |
| First Deputy Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament | |
| In office 4 July 1989 – 21 November 1989 | |
| President of Synaspismos | |
| In office 18 March 1991 – 19 December 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Charilaos Florakis |
| Succeeded by | Nikos Konstantopoulos |
| Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Athens B | |
| In office 16 September 2007 – 9 February 2010 (resigned) | |
| In office 20 November 1977 – 10 October 2003 (resigned) | |
| Member of the Hellenic Parliament for National list | |
| In office 7 March 2004 – 18 August 2007 | |
| Municipal Councillor of the Municipality of Athens | |
| In office 1 January 1995 – 9 April 2000 (resigned) | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 May 1952 Agios Nikolaos, Greece |
| Political party | Communist Party (1972-1991) Synaspismós (1991–2003) Panhellenic Socialist Movement (2003–present) |
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| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | National Technical University of Athens (MS) Lancaster University |
Maria Damanaki (Greek: Μαρία Δαμανάκη; born 31 May 1952) is a Greek politician. She is a former president of the Synaspismos party of the left and former state member of the Hellenic Parliament within the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK). She served as the Global Managing Director for Oceans at The Nature Conservancy.[1] In this capacity leads a global team focused on how the world manages its oceans, including sustainable fisheries management, large-scale protection and restoration of coral reefs and other ecosystems, coastal resilience, and mapping and quantification of the full value of the world's oceans to people.[1]
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