European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
Member State: Greece
Political Party: Panhellenic Socialist Party
Date of birth: 18 October 1952

Damanaki was imprisoned between 1973-1974 for her leadership in the student opposition to the Greek dictatorship. For many years she served in the Greek Parliament, having first been elected when she was 25.  She was the first woman to be elected Vice President of the Greek Parliament.

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