Sofia Sakorafa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Σοφία Σακοράφα | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deputy Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 18 July 2019 – 21 May 2023 Serving with Nikitas Kaklamanis, Haralambos Athanasiou, Athanasios Bouras, Dimitris Vitsas, Odysseas Konstantinopoulos, Giorgos Lambroulis, and Apostolos Avdelas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Speaker | Konstantinos Tasoulas | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Member of the Hellenic Parliament | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 8 July 2019 – 21 May 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Constituency | Athens B3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 17 June 2012 – 5 May 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Fotini Kouvela | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Constituency | Athens B | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Member of the European Parliament | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 1 July 2014 – 2 July 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Constituency | Greece | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal details | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Trikala, Thessaly, Kingdom of Greece | 29 April 1957|||||||||||||||||||||||
Citizenship | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Politician | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sports career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Greece | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Women's Javelin | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sofia Sakorafa (Greek: Σοφία Σακοράφα, born 29 April 1957 in Trikala, Greece) is a Greek-Palestinian politician and former javelin thrower. She was a Member of the European Parliament for Greece as member of the political party MeRA25, having formerly sat for Syriza and before that served, from June 2012 to July 2014, as a Syriza Member of the Hellenic Parliament. She served as a deputy speaker in the Hellenic Parliament for the MeRA25 party.[1] She is the president of Association hellénique d'athlétisme amateur (SEGAS).