Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou

Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou
Μαριλίζα Ξενογιαννακοπούλου
Xenogiannakopoulou in 2009
Member of the Hellenic Parliament
In office 7 July 2019 – 29 May 2023
Constituency	Athens B
In office 16 September 2007 – 11 April 2012
Constituency	Athens B
Alternate Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office 7 September 2010 (2010-09-07) – 10 February 2012 (2012-02-10)
Minister for Health and Social Solidarity
In office 7 October 2009 (2009-10-07) – 7 September 2010 (2010-09-07)
Preceded by	Dimitris Avramopoulos
Succeeded by	Andreas Loverdos
Member of the European Parliament
In office 20 July 2004 (2004-07-20) – 25 September 2007 (2007-09-25)
Personal details
Born	(1963-02-20) 20 February 1963 (age 61) Athens, Greece
Political party	Syriza (2012–present) Panhellenic Socialist Movement (before 2012)
Alma mater	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Occupation	Lawyer

Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou (Greek: Μαριλίζα Ξενογιαννακοπούλου, Greek pronunciation: [mariˈliza ksenoʝanakoˈpulu]) (born 1963) is a Greek politician and lawyer. She was Minister for Health and Social Solidarity (2009–2010), Alternate Minister for Foreign Affairs, responsible for European Affairs (2010–2012), Member of the Greek Parliament (2007–2012) and again from July of 2019 for Syriza, and of the European Parliament (2004–2007). She served as secretary of the National Committee of PASOK -Panhellenic Socialist Movement, member of the Party of European Socialists (2005–2006).

On 10 February 2012, she resigned from the government, citing objections with the terms of the second EU-IMF bailout for Greece. On 1 November 2012, she resigned her membership of PASOK, expressing her objections on the new austerity measures adopted by the Greek coalition government, stating that the party no longer represented her "ideologically and politically".^[1]