Sofia Sakorafa

Sofia Sakorafa
Σοφία Σακοράφα
Sakorafa, 2016
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
SpeakerKonstantinos Tasoulas
Member of the Hellenic Parliament
In office
8 July 2019 – 21 May 2023
ConstituencyAthens B3
In office
17 June 2012 – 5 May 2014
Succeeded byFotini Kouvela
ConstituencyAthens B
Member of the European Parliament
In office
1 July 2014 – 2 July 2019
ConstituencyGreece
Personal details
Born (1957-04-29) 29 April 1957 (age 67)
Trikala, Thessaly, Kingdom of Greece
Citizenship
Political party
Alma materAristotle University of Thessaloniki
OccupationPolitician
Sports career
CountryGreece
SportWomen's Javelin
Medal record
Women's Javelin
Representing  Greece
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1982 Athens Javelin
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1979 Split Javelin
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Latakia Javelin

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).

  1. ^ "Conservador Tasulas, nuevo presidente del Parlamento griego". m.dw.com. Retrieved 18 July 2019.