1. Fotini "Fofi" Gennimata was a Greek politician who served as president of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement from 2015 to 2021.
17 Facts About Fofi Gennimata
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Fofi Gennimata was the daughter of Georgios Gennimatas, a high-profile government minister during the PASOK administrations of the 1980s and 1990s.
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Fofi Gennimata graduated from the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Athens in 1987.
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Fofi Gennimata's term was characterized by continuous clashes with the national government, reluctant to Gennimata's demands that the central administration decentralize more and give more responsibilities to local governments.
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Fofi Gennimata was elected deputy again in the 2009 legislative election.
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In 2012, Fofi Gennimata was appointed a spokesperson for PASOK thus resigned from her cabinet position.
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Fofi Gennimata was Deputy Minister of National Defence between June 2013 and January 2015.
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Fofi Gennimata was elected as Leader of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement at their tenth conference in 2015, after Evangelos Venizelos stepped down as leader a year before the conclusion of his term.
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In early 2021, Fofi Gennimata announced that she was seeking her re-election as leader of Movement for Change.
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On 12 October 2021, Fofi Gennimata was hospitalized for health reasons and announced her withdrawal from the party leadership.
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Fofi Gennimata died in September 1993, at the age of 54.
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Fofi Gennimata married her first husband, Alexandros Ntekas, at the age of 22 with whom she had her elder daughter, Aimilia.
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Fofi Gennimata married her second husband, Andreas Tsounis, in 2003 with whom she had a daughter and a son.
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In 2008 Fofi Gennimata was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer; she spoke openly about her health issues.
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On 11 October 2021, Fofi Gennimata was hospitalized with ileus due to metastatic cancer.
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The Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis declared a national day of mourning for 27 October 2021, the day Fofi Gennimata's funeral was held.
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Fofi Gennimata's funeral was held on 27 October 2021 at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens; it was attended by Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Leader of the Opposition Alexis Tsipras.