Gianna Angelopoulos–Daskalaki | |
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Γιάννα Αγγελοπούλου-Δασκαλάκη | |
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President “Greece 2021” National Committee | |
In office 31 July 2019 – 31 December 2021 | |
President of the Athens Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games | |
In office 1 October 2000 – 29 August 2004 | |
IOC President | Juan Antonio Samaranch (2000–01) Jacques Rogge (2001–04) |
Preceded by | Michael Knight |
Succeeded by | Liu Qi |
Chair of the Athens Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games | |
In office 15 May 2000 – 8 July 2005 Chair of the Athens bid: 1996 – 1997 | |
Preceded by | Panagiotis Thomopoulos |
Succeeded by | Position dissolved |
Convening Sponsor, Clinton Global Initiative Honorary Ambassador of the Greek State | |
Personal details | |
Born | Heraklion, Greece | 12 December 1955
Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki (born Ioanna Daskalaki, December 12, 1955) is a Greek businesswoman and Ambassador-at-Large for the Hellenic Republic.[1] She is best known for being the leader of the bidding and organizing committees for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. In July 2019, she was appointed by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, to lead Greece 2021, a year-long initiative to both commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution and to introduce to the world a new Greece of effort and optimism.[2]
She was named one of the 50 most powerful women by Forbes magazine and is the author of the New York Times Bestseller My Greek Drama.