Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki

Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki (born Ioanna Daskalaki, December 12, 1955) is a Greek businesswoman and Ambassador-at-Large for the Hellenic Republic. She is best known for being the leader of the bidding and organizing committees for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. In July 2019, she was appointed by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, to lead Greece 2021, a year-long initiative to both commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution and to introduce to the world a new Greece of effort and optimism.

Gianna Angelopoulos–Daskalaki
Olympic Order
Γιάννα Αγγελοπούλου-Δασκαλάκη
President “Greece 2021” National Committee
In office
31 July 2019  31 December 2021
President of the Athens Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games
In office
1 October 2000  29 August 2004
IOC PresidentJuan Antonio Samaranch (2000–01)
Jacques Rogge (2001–04)
Preceded byMichael Knight
Succeeded byLiu Qi
Chair of the Athens Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games
In office
15 May 2000  8 July 2005
Chair of the Athens bid: 1996 – 1997
Preceded byPanagiotis Thomopoulos
Succeeded byPosition dissolved
Convening Sponsor, Clinton Global Initiative Honorary Ambassador of the Greek State
Personal details
Born (1955-12-12) 12 December 1955
Heraklion, Greece

She was named one of the 50 most powerful women by Forbes magazine and is the author of the New York Times Bestseller My Greek Drama.

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