Anna Karamanli

Anna Karamanli (Greek: Άννα Καραμανλή, born 10 May 1968) is a Greek politician, sports journalist, and former athlete.

Anna Arkadiou Karamanli
Άννα Αρκαδίου Καραμανλή
Member of the Hellenic Parliament
Assumed office
12 May 2012
Personal details
Born (1968-05-10) May 10, 1968
Thessaloniki, Greece
NationalityGreek
Political partyNew Democracy
EducationAristotle University of Thessaloniki
OccupationAthlete
Sports journalist

Biography

Athletic and journalistic career

Karamanli was a track and field athlete at Aris Thessaloniki, specialising in the long jump and member of the National Track-and-Field Group. She achieved a distinction at the Balkan Athletics Championships in 1985 and came first at the Women's Panhellenic Athletics Championships in 1985.[1] She also competed in the Mediterranean Games and the European Games, but retired from athletics after the birth of her first child.[2]

During her athletic career, Karamanli had received a degree in physical education and sports sciences from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and studied journalism at the "Bona" School.[2] In 1991 she became a sports journalist for the ERT, presenting "Some time in the Stadium" (Στο Στάδιο Κάποτε) on ERT3.[3] From 1994 to 2009, Karamanli was editor-in-chief of the ERT Sports News Bulletin and a presenter on the main news bulletin from 1995 until 2012.[2] She was also the first female presenter of Αθλητική Κυριακή from 2001 to 2009.[3][2]

Political career

Karamanli entered politics in 2006 as a member of the New Democracy party, first serving as a prefectural councillor from 2006 to 2010, when the Greek prefectures were abolished, and then deputy regional councillor of West Attica.[2][3] She has been a member of the political committee of New Democracy in 2007.[3] She was elected to the Greek parliament in the May 2012 elections as a representative of Athens B. She retained this seat in the June 2012, January 2015, and September 2015 elections. After her constituency was divided, she was elected as representative of the Athens C constituency in the 2019 Greek legislative election.

In September 2014, Karamanli attracted media attention for a speech in Parliament in which she told the finance minister Gikas Hardouvelis, a member of her own government, to "go fuck himself."[2][4][5][6]

Personal life

Karamanli married the Greek professional basketballer Michalis Romanidis, whom she met in the 1980s when they were both members of Aris Thessaloniki. They have two children, Stratis (born 1991) and Elisabet (born 2001).[7][2] She is not related to former Greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis.[2]

As of 2014, Karamanli was pursuing a PhD at the University of Peloponnese with a thesis on "The role of the media in combating violence."[2]

References
  1. "Greek Championships". www.gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  2. "Άννα Καραμανλή: Το «life story» της βουλευτού της ΝΔ που είπε «άντε γ...» στον Χαρδούβελη". ProtoThema (in Greek). 12 September 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  3. "Άννα Αρκαδίου Καραμανλή". www.hellenicparliament.gr. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  4. "Άννα Καραμανλή: Πείτε στον κ Χαρδούβελη να πάει να γα..." LiFO (in Greek). Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  5. "Καραμανλή για το "να πάει να γα… ο Χαρδούβελης": Παραφέρθηκα αλλά…". www.newsit.gr. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  6. "Άννα Καραμανλή: "Ναι είπα, να πάει να γαμ… ο Χαρδούβελης" | Το Κουτί της Πανδώρας". www.koutipandoras.gr (in Greek). 10 September 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  7. "Άννα Καραμανλή στο «Π»: «Eίμαι και μητέρα και πατέρας»". Paraskhnio.gr (in Greek). 10 April 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
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