Sofia Zacharaki
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Sofia Zacharaki | |
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Σοφία Ζαχαράκη | |
 Zacharaki in 2025 | |
| Minister of Education and Religious Affairs | |
| Assumed office 15 March 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Kyriakos Mitsotakis |
| Preceded by | Kyriakos Pierrakakis |
| Minister of Social Cohesion and Family | |
| In office 27 June 2023 – 15 March 2025 | |
| Succeeded by | Domna Michailidou |
| Deputy Minister of Tourism | |
| In office January 4, 2021 – May 26, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Manos Konsolas |
| Deputy Minister of Education and Religious Affairs | |
| In office July 9, 2019 – January 4, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Meropi Tzoufi |
| Succeeded by | Zetta Makri |
| New Democracy Spokesperson | |
| In office March 29, 2019 – July 9, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Maria Spyraki |
| Succeeded by | Tasos Gaitanis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 September 1976 |
| Party | New Democracy |
| Alma mater | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens |
| Website | sofiazacharaki |
Sofia Ilia Zacharaki (born 1 September 1976) is a Greek politician who currently serves as Minister of Education and Religious Affairs[1] in the Second Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
She was born in Athens on 1 September 1976,[2] originally from Granitsa, Evrytania. Her father was a theologian teacher in secondary education.
She studied English Philology at the Department of English Language and Philology of the School of Philosophy of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and did postgraduate studies in Comparative Pedagogy and Administration of European Educational Organizations at the National and Kapodistrian University.
She specializes in English language teaching at the University of London's Institute of Education.[3] In the past, she had worked in public and private vocational schools and in public and private schools. Worked for the Ministry of Education in the European Union and the Secretariat for Lifelong Learning and Youth.
In 2015, she represented Greece in the IVLP (International Visitor Leadership Program), as a fellow of the United States Department of State, on "the role of Public-Private Partnerships in the reconstruction of Finance."
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