Theano Fotiou
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.
Theano Fotiou

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- 1946. · Athens.
- Nationality
- Greece.
- Occupation
- university teacher, architect and politician.
- Fields
- urban geography and urban planning.
- Education
- National Technical University of Athens, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Paris Nanterre University.
- Languages
- Modern Greek.
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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.
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Early life and education
Early life and education
Theano Fotiou studied at National Technical University of Athens, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Paris Nanterre University. The recorded working language is Modern Greek. The field of work recorded is urban geography and urban planning. Employment is recorded with National Technical University of Athens and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Positions recorded include member of the Hellenic Parliament.
Born in 1946 in Athens, Fotiou studied architecture at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), graduating in 1969.
Professional career
Professional career
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. 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.
Major architectural projects
Major architectural projects
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.
Political career
Political career
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. After the January 2015 legislative election, Fotiou however was appointed Alternate Minister of Social Solidarity. In the Hellenic Parliament, she currently represents the Athens B constituency. She was one of ten SYRIZA MPs to depart the party in 2023 and form a new party, called New Left. In June 2026, she was one of seven New Left MPs who departed the party to sit as independents.
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1946
Theano Fotiou born at Athens.
Publications
Publications
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, Greek politician and current Alternate Minister of Social Solidarity
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- 1.They're strong, stubborn and (mainly) SYRIZA… Who are the people who have vowed to take Greece out of the depths of despair?. Proto Thema. 29 January 2015.
- 2.Theano Fotiou. Selected Projects.
- 3.Theano Fotiou. 18 October 2014.
- 4.Ethnos. 3 July 2012.
- 5.Government announces the new ministerial cabinet. 27 January 2015.
- 6.Αναγνώστου, Γρηγόρης. Διαλύθηκε η ΚΟ της Νέας Αριστεράς: Αποχώρησαν Τζανακόπουλος, Χαρίτσης και άλλοι πέντε βουλευτές. CNN.gr. 2026-06-02.
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