Katerina Savvaidou
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Katerina Savvaidou | |
|---|---|
Κατερίνα Σαββαΐδου | |
| Secretary General of Public Revenue | |
| In office 24 June 2014 – 22 October 2015 | |
| Appointed by | Gikas Hardouvelis |
| Prime Minister | Antonis Samaras Alexis Tsipras |
| Preceded by | Haris Theoharis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 October 1972 |
| Alma mater | University of Athens Panthéon-Assas University |
Katerina Savvaidou (Greek: Κατερίνα Σαββαΐδου) is a Greek lawyer who served as the Secretary General of Public Revenue in the Ministry of Finance from 24 June 2014 to 22 October 2015, when she was dismissed from office by the cabinet in a unanimous decision. She was born in Athens on October 10, 1972.[1]
Savvaidou studied law at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in 1995 before completing several postgraduate qualifications at the Panthéon-Assas University in Paris. Those included a diploma in French studies (DEUF), a Master's degree in public law (DEA de Droit Public Intern), a master's degree in public finance and tax law (DEA de Finances Publiques et Fiscalite) and a PhD with the thesis title: "The compulsory collection of taxes in French and Greek law".[2] Her PhD was completed in 2003. From 2008 to 2009 she completed a postgraduate program on "Comparative Tax Policy and Administration" at Harvard University.[3]
Academic career
Savvaidou pursued post-doctoral research into corporate taxation at the University of Athens. She has also taught at the University of Athens, the National School of Public Administration and the National School of Judges. She is currently a lecturer at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki as well as a visiting professor at University of Macedonia. She has been awarded by European Commission Jean Monnet Chair in European Tax Policy and Administration.
She has published numerous books and articles in tax policy and administration. These include the monograph entitled "Financial Transparency. Initiatives, Standards and Codes, Financial Management Assessment Tools, Financial Rules and Institutions, Greek Financial Reform ", for which she was awarded the Ioannis - Ionos Tsatsaroni Prize by the Academy of Athens.[2]
