Theano Fotiou

Theano Fotiou
MP
Theano Fotiou MP
Θεανώ Φωτίου
Alternate Minister of Social Solidarity
	In office; 23 September 2015 – 9 July 2019
Prime Minister	Alexis Tsipras
Preceded by	Kostas Michail
Succeeded by	post abolished
	In office; 27 January 2015 – 28 August 2015
Prime Minister	Alexis Tsipras
Succeeded by	Kostas Michail
Member of the Parliament of Greece
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 6 May 2012
Personal details
Born	10 May 1946 (age 78); Athens, Kingdom of Greece
Political party	New Left (since December 2023)
Other political; affiliations	Syriza (until November 2023)
Children	1
Alma mater	National Technical University of Athens
Profession	architect

Theano Fotiou (Greek: Θεανώ Φωτίου; born 10 May 1946 in Athens) is a Greek architect and politician of the Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza). From January 2015 to July 2019, she served as Alternate Minister of Social Solidarity in the First and Second Tsipras Cabinets.

Early life and education

Born in 1946 in Athens, Fotiou studied architecture at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) graduating in 1969.

Since 1972, she has taught architecture at the NTUA School of Architecture. She has also been a visiting professor at the Royal College of Art, The Bartlett, London and Barcelona Architecture School.^[1] In 1980, she received a second postgraduate degree in urban planning at Paris X University Nanterre. She is co-founder of the European Design Age Network aiming at design for the elderly.

In the 1990s, both the new Technical University of Crete, Chania, and the new Faculty of Humanities at University of Crete, Rethymno was built on her plans. In 2000, she received 1st prize in the international architectural competition for the 2004 Olympic village. In 2001, she received a 1st honorary mention at the international architectural competition for the Acropolis Museum. In interior design she remodeled the meeting room of the Bank of Greece's head office. Among other works, the new library of the Philosophical Faculty of Athens University has been finished in the last years.^[2]^[3]

Since the May 2012 elections, Fotiou has been a Member of the Hellenic Parliament on Syriza's state list. Together with Tasos Kourakis she was nominated for the post of education minister in Syriza's Shadow Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras.^[4] After the January 2015 legislative election, Fotiou however was appointed Alternate Minister of Social Solidarity.^[5] In the Hellenic Parliament, she currently represents the Athens B constituency.

Theano Fotiou; Aleka Monemvasitou; Maria Kafritsa; Agni Papaloannou (2011). "Lavrion Technological Cultural Park: 1992-2010. Re-using the Past in Order to Design the Present". In Babalis, Dimitra (ed.). Chronocity: Sensitive Interventions in Historic Environment. Florence: Alinea Editrice. p. 27. ISBN 978-88-6055-618-9.
Theano Fotiou; Konstantina Demiri; Argyro Moungolia, eds. (2007). Diploma Projects 2002+2003: School of Architecture. National Technical University of Athens Press. ISBN 978-960-254-668-0.
Theano Fotiou; Konstantina Demiri; Grigoris Kalnis; et al., eds. (2004). Diploma Projects 2001: School of Architecture. National Technical University of Athens Press. ISBN 960-254-639-5.

Theano Fotiou MP
Θεανώ Φωτίου


Alternate Minister of Social Solidarity
In office 23 September 2015 – 9 July 2019
Prime Minister	Alexis Tsipras
Preceded by	Kostas Michail
Succeeded by	post abolished
In office 27 January 2015 – 28 August 2015
Prime Minister	Alexis Tsipras
Succeeded by	Kostas Michail
Member of the Parliament of Greece
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 2012

Personal details
Born	(1946-05-10) 10 May 1946 (age 78) Athens, Kingdom of Greece
Political party	New Left (since December 2023)
Other political affiliations	Syriza (until November 2023)
Children	1
Alma mater	National Technical University of Athens
Profession	architect