Lina Koutifari

She was born Pavlina Tsakiris^[5] in Smyrna.

Koutifari studied under Georgios Papanikolaou in the USA. In 1954, she founded the cytology department at the Alexandra Hospital in Athens. She was the first Greek cytologist to practice in Greece.^[6][7]

She was elected to the Greek parliament on November 17, 1974.^[8] Koutifari was a member of the New Democracy Party.^[9] She represented the Municipality of Athens [el].^[10] She was appointed the Deputy Minister of National Education and Religious Affairs in September 1976 by Konstantinos Karamanlis, and she resigned in October 1977.^[1][11] While serving as an MP, she lectured at the University of Athens medical school. She was also the chief of the Greek delegation to the 1975 World Conference on Women.^[12]

She believed that a woman's first duty was to her children and that women belonged in the home.^[13]

Koutifari died on March 22, 1991.^[3][14]