Efi Achtsioglou

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Efi Achtsioglou
Έφη Αχτσιόγλου
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Achtsioglou in 2022
Minister for Labour, Social Insurance and Social Solidarity
In office
5 November 2016 –9 July 2019

Eftychia (Efi) Achtsioglou (Giannitsa, 4 January 1985), is a Greek politician, who served as Minister for Labour, Social Insurance and Social Solidarity from 2016 to 2019. Since 2019 is MP for SYRIZA.

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Early life and education

She was born in 1985, in Giannitsa. She completed her studies with the grade of Excellent in the AUTH Law School and in 2009 she acquired -again with the grade of Excellent- her postgraduate degree in civil law and political science from the same school. [1]

She worked as part of a researching scholarship in the Centre of International and European Economic Law (CIEEL), while in 2014, she completed as part of a scholarship in the State Scholarship Foundation her studies in labour law, under the supervision of professor Aris Kazakos. [2]

Personal life

In 2019, during the election campaign, she revealed that she was in a relationship with then Minister of State Dimitris Tzanakopoulos [3] and in January 2021, stated that she is expecting. [4]

Occupation

She is a Thessaloniki lawyer, and was a science partner of the SYRIZA EP group in Brussels from July 2014. [5]

She also worked in the European Parliament, alongside the Department of civil law, political procedure and labour law of the law school of the Aristotle University from 2009 till 2013, [6] and as a researcher in the Centre of International and European Economic Law (CIEEL). [7]

Political career

She was a candidate in 2015 for the national ballot of SYRIZA in both the January [8] and the September elections. [9] Within SYRIZA she navigated party organs, as a member of the central committee, [10] and a member of the A’ Thessaloniki committee.

As the executive of the political office of the ministry of labour, she was responsible for the negotiations of the Greek government with the institutions on issues regarding the job market and social security. [11] She has served as a member of the executive council of OAED and a member of ASE.

Governmental positions (2016–2019)

From 5 of November 2016 to 9 July 2019, she was the Minister for Labour, Social Insurance and Social Solidarity in the Tsipras II cabinet. [12] During her tenure she was linked with the expansion of collective bargainings, the raise of the minimum wage by 11% and by 27% for young people (650 Euros), the abolishment of sub-minimum wage, the lowering of unemployment and of unregistered employment, the creation of OPEKA, the new procedures for adoption, etc. [13]

Greek MP (since 2019)

In the 2019 election, she was placed in the second place of the national ballot list of SYRIZA [14] and elected to the Hellenic Parliament.

In the June 2023 Greek legislative election, she was elected MP representing the B2 Western Athens Constituency. Following the decision of Alexis Tsipras to step down from party's leader, she announced on 12 July 2023 that she will run for the office of the President of SYRIZA. [15]

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Preceded by Greek Minister for Labour and Social Solidarity
5 November 2016 – 8 July 2019		Succeeded by

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