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Sofia Voultepsi

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Sofia Voultepsi
Σοφία Βούλτεψη
Deputy Minister of Migration and Asylum
Assumed office
8 July 2019
Prime MinisterKyriakos Mitsotakis
Personal details
Born (1956-10-10) 10 October 1956 (age 68)
Piraeus, Greece
Political partyNew Democracy
Alma materUniversity of Athens

Sofia Voultepsi (Greek: Σοφία Βούλτεψη) is a Greek politician, member of the Hellenic Parliament for New Democracy and former journalist. She was the first female Government Spokesperson in the government of Antonis Samaras.[1]

Biography

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She was born in Piraeus, daughter of the prominent journalist Yannis Voultepsis (1923-2010). She studied at the Italian School of Athens [2] and attended the Athens Law School (Department of Public Law and Political Sciences).

She entered politics in 2004 as an elected Member of Parliament (Athens B) with New Democracy party.

References

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  1. ^ "Ανασχηματισμός: Ποια είναι η νέα υφυπουργός Μετανάστευσης, Σοφία Βούλτεψη". January 1980.
  2. ^ Επαγγελματικός Κατάλογος Αποφοίτων Ιταλικής Σχολής Αθηνών, μελών του Σ.Α.Ι.Σ.Α. Αθήνα: Σύλλογος Αποφοίτων Ιταλικής Σχολής Αθηνών. 2001. p. 8.