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{{short description|Greek politician (born 1954)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Dora Bakoyanni
| native_name         = {{Nobold|{{Lang|el|Ντόρα Μπακογιάννη}}}}
| image               = Dora Bakoyannis-headshot.jpg
| caption             = Bakoyanni in 2009
| office              = [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Greece)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]]
| primeminister       = [[Kostas Karamanlis]]
| term_start          = 15 February 2006
| term_end            = 6 October 2009
| predecessor         = [[Petros Molyviatis]]
| successor           = [[George Papandreou]]
| office1             = [[List of mayors of Athens|Mayor of Athens]]
| term_start1         = 1 January 2003
| term_end1           = 14 February 2006
| predecessor1        = [[Dimitris Avramopoulos]]
| successor1          = [[Theodoros Bechrakis]] (acting)
| office2             = [[Ministry of Culture and Sports (Greece)|Minister for Culture]]
| primeminister2      = [[Konstantinos Mitsotakis]]
| term_start2         = 3 December 1992
| term_end2           = 13 October 1993
| predecessor2        = [[Anna Benaki-Psarouda]]
| successor2          = [[Melina Mercouri]]
| birth_name          = Theodora Mitsotaki
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1954|5|6}}
| birth_place         = [[Athens]], [[Kingdom of Greece]]
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| party               = [[New Democracy (Greece)|New Democracy]] {{small|(Before 2010; 2012–present)}}<br />[[Democratic Alliance (Greece)|Democratic Alliance]] {{small|(2010–2012)}}
| spouse              = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|[[Pavlos Bakoyannis]]|1974|1989|reason=d}}
* {{marriage|Isidoros Kouvelos|1998}}
}}
| children            = Alexia<br />[[Kostas Bakoyannis|Kostas]]
| alma_mater          = [[Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich|University of Munich]]<br />[[National and Kapodistrian University of Athens|University of Athens]]
| website             = {{url|dorabak.gr|Official website}}
}}

'''Theodora''' "'''Dora'''" '''Bakoyanni''' ({{langx|el|Θεοδώρα "Ντόρα" Μπακογιάννη}}, {{IPA|el|ˈdoɾa bakoˈʝani|pron}}; née '''Mitsotaki''', {{langx|el|Μητσοτάκη|links=no}}; born May 6, 1954) is a [[Greeks|Greek]] [[politician]]. From 2006 to 2009 she was [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Greece)|Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece]], the highest position ever to have been held by a woman in the [[Cabinet of Greece]] at the time; she was also Chairperson-in-Office of the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]] in 2009. Previously she was the [[List of mayors of Athens|Mayor of Athens]] from 2003 to 2006, the first female mayor in the city's history, and the first woman to serve as mayor of a city hosting the [[Olympic Games]]. She also served as [[Minister for Culture (Greece)|Minister for Culture of Greece]] from 1992 to 1993.

Bakoyannis has been serving as an independent member of the Hellenic Parliament representing unofficially [[Democratic Alliance (Greece)|Democratic Alliance]], the political party she founded in 2010, having been expelled from the opposition [[New Democracy (Greece)|New Democracy]] party due to voting against the party line.  In May 2012, due to the critical situation in Greece before the elections and given the established electoral law, Democratic Alliance decided to cooperate with New Democracy, based on a specific framework of values and to suspend its activities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tanea.gr/ellada/article/?aid=4722752|title = Article|date = 8 December 2006}}</ref> Dora Bakoyannis rejoined New Democracy on 21 May 2012, ahead of the parliamentary election in June, where she headed the state deputies' ballot.

==Early life and education==

Bakoyannis was born in [[Athens]] in 1954 to a prominent [[Greeks|Greek]] family in the field of politics. She is the eldest of four children of the veteran Greek politician [[Constantine Mitsotakis|Konstantinos Mitsotakis]], former [[Prime Minister of Greece]] and former leader of country's main [[centre-right]] political party New Democracy, and [[Marika Mitsotakis]] (née Giannoukou). Her family originates from [[Chania]], [[Crete]], and has a long tradition in the [[politics of Greece]]. Besides her father and herself, other members of the family include prominent politicians such as her grandfather, Kyriakos, and his brother Aristomenis, while her younger brother [[Kyriakos Mitsotakis|Kyriakos]], is the current [[Prime Minister of Greece]]. She is also a great-granddaughter of [[Eleftherios Venizelos]]' sister. This decade-long involvement has been reprehended as attestation for family-rule in Greek political life.

During her early school years, she attended the [[German School of Athens]]. Her family was exiled to [[Paris]] by the [[Greek military junta of 1967–1974|Greek military junta]] in 1968, thus she completed her secondary schooling at the German School of Paris. She then studied [[political science]] and [[communication]] at the [[Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich]] without graduating. After the collapse of the junta, she returned to Greece and continued her academic studies in [[public law]] at the [[National and Kapodistrian University of Athens]]. In addition to Greek, Bakoyannis is fluent in English, French and German.

=== Venizelos/Mitsotakis/Bakoyannis family tree ===

{{Venizelos/Mitsotakis family tree}}

==Political career==

===Minister for Culture, 1992–1993===

In the [[November 1989 Greek legislative election|November 1989 election]], Bakoyannis successfully contested her late husband's seat in the [[Evrytania]] constituency and was re-elected a member of the Hellenic Parliament in the [[1990 Greek legislative election|1990 election]] and served as a [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State]], following the election of her father as [[Prime Minister of Greece]]. From September 1991 to August 1992, she served in the General Secretariat of International Affairs for New Democracy and represented the party at the [[European Democrat Union]] and the [[International Democrat Union]]. From December 1992, she served as [[Minister for Culture (Greece)|Minister for Culture of Greece]] until the [[1993 Greek legislative election|1993 election]], when she was re-elected a member of Parliament for New Democracy as the main opposition party.

===Years in opposition===

On 29 April 1994, Bakoyannis was elected in the Central Committee of New Democracy by the party's Third Congress. In the [[1996 Greek legislative election|1996 election]] Bakoyannis was a candidate for a first time in the Athens A' electoral district and was elected again as member of Parliament, coming first of all the candidates in it,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tovima.gr/default.asp?pid=46&ct=32&artid=103797&dt=02/04/2000|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120914102348/http://www.tovima.gr/default.asp?pid=46&ct=32&artid=103797&dt=02/04/2000|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-09-14|script-title=el:Οι πρωταθλητές της "σταυρομαχίας"|publisher=[[To Vima]] online|language=el|date=2000-04-02|access-date=2009-09-15}}</ref> something that was repeated in the [[2000 Greek legislative election|2000 election]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tovima.gr/default.asp?pid=2&ct=32&artid=172439&dt=09/04/2006|title=O κ. Κακλαμάνης στον "λάκκο των δελφίνων"|publisher=[[To Vima]] online|language=el|date=2006-04-09|access-date=2009-09-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120430011002/http://www.tovima.gr/default.asp/?pid=2|archive-date=2012-04-30|url-status=dead}}</ref> Meanwhile, on 22 March 1997, she was elected again to the Central Committee of New Democracy by the party's Fourth Congress. She also served for two terms as the chairperson of the party's Executive Committee later. In September 1997 she was appointed by New Democracy leader [[Kostas Karamanlis]] in the party's Department for Development and as [[Shadow Cabinet|Shadow Minister]] of Foreign Affairs and Defence in May 2000.

===Mayor of Athens, 2002–2006===

On 29 March 2002, Bakoyannis was picked to run for [[List of mayors of Athens|Mayor of Athens]] in the [[2002 Greek local elections|2002 local elections]], both a choice of Kostas Karamanlis who was looking for a way to demonstrate New Democracy's growing strength against the ruling [[Panhellenic Socialist Movement]] and a chance for Bakoyannis to earn prestige by this office in advance of the city hosting the Olympic games. She was elected what was aired as Athens' first female mayor in the city's 3,500-year history,<ref name=Forbes2006>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/11/06women_Dora-Bakoyannis_QR52.html|title=#66 Dora Bakoyannis|work=[[Forbes]]|date=2006-08-31|access-date=2008-04-06}}</ref> defeating her socialist opponent Christos Papoutsis and receiving a percentage of 60.6% in the runoff. As mayor, she was heavily involved in the preparation of the [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens Olympic Games]], the first woman to serve as mayor of a city hosting the [[Olympic Games]],<ref name=Forbes2006/> and passed the [[Olympic symbols#Flag|Olympic flag]] to the mayor of [[Beijing]], [[Wang Qishan]]. In 2005 she was awarded the [[World Mayor]] Prize.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldmayor.com/results05/worldmayor_results05.html|title = World Mayor: The results for World Mayor 2005}}</ref>

In 2003, upon the invitation of [[Romano Prodi]], then [[President of the European Commission]], Bakoyannis joined a group of 12 high-level independent figures from [[Europe]], as a member of a prestigious round-table conference, contributing proposals on the social character, cultural identity and economic future of new Europe.

===Minister of Foreign Affairs, 2006–2009===

[[Image:Dora Bakoyannis and Vuk Jeremic.jpg|right|thumb|Dora Bakoyannis with [[Vuk Jeremić]], [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Serbia)|Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia]].]]

[[Image:Bakoyannis et Rice.jpg|thumb|Dora Bakoyannis with [[Condoleezza Rice]], [[United States Secretary of State]].]]
[[Image:Dbosce3.jpg|thumb|OSCE Family Photo Vienna 15-01-2009]]

Bakoyannis left the office of Mayor before the end of her term, replaced by acting mayor [[Fotini Pipili]], to become [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Greece)|Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece]] on 15 February 2006 and thus the highest-ranking woman in the history of the [[Cabinet of Greece]].<ref name=Forbes2007>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/11/biz-07women_Dora-Bakoyannis_QR52.html|title=#67 Dora Bakoyannis|work=[[Forbes]]|date=2007-08-30|access-date=2008-04-06}}</ref> She also retained the position after the [[2007 Greek legislative election|2007 election]], managing to be elected as a [[Members of the Greek Parliament, 2007-2009|member of the Hellenic Parliament]] first among all the candidates in the Athens A' [[List of parliamentary constituencies of Greece|constituency]] once more.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ekloges-prev.singularlogic.eu/v2007/pages_en/index.html|title=National Elections 2007 - A' Athinon - Candidates|publisher=Ministry of Interior website|date=2007-09-27|access-date=2009-09-15}}</ref> As Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bakoyannis assumed the rotating Greek presidency of the [[United Nations Security Council]] in September 2006, while at a time of international tensions over nuclear programs in [[Iran]] and [[North Korea]] and amidst a fragile [[United Nations]] brokered cease-fire in [[Lebanon]].

During her incumbency, she promoted the cooperation in the [[Balkans]], where Greek companies are heavily investing, traveled through the [[Middle East]] to help outline solutions to problems and attended meetings of the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]] to discuss developments in the region.<ref name=Forbes2007/> She also promoted the ratification of the [[Treaty of Lisbon]] by the Hellenic Parliament and supported [[Nicolas Sarkozy]]'s plan about the [[Union for the Mediterranean]], but did not reach a conciliation with [[Turkey]] and the [[Republic of Macedonia]] over the [[Cyprus dispute]] and the [[Macedonia naming dispute]] respectively.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/11/biz_powerwomen08_Dora-Bakoyannis_QR52.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080831124756/http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/11/biz_powerwomen08_Dora-Bakoyannis_QR52.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 31, 2008|title=#78 Dora Bakoyannis|work=[[Forbes]]|date=2008-08-27|access-date=2009-09-13}}</ref>

===OSCE Chairperson-in-Office===

Bakoyannis served as the [[Chairman-in-Office|Chairperson-in-Office]] of the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]] from January 2009 to 6 October 2009. As the political leader of the OSCE, she was responsible for the external representation and the appointments of the Organization. She also oversaw the activities of the OSCE in conflict prevention, crisis management and post-conflict rehabilitation. During her chairmanship, she was assisted by her staff and [[Marc Perrin de Brichambaut]], the Secretary General of the OSCE, as well as by her predecessor [[Alexander Stubb]] and successor [[Marat Tazhin]], who both formed along with Bakoyannis the OSCE [[Triumvirate|Troika]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.osce.org/cio/35779.html/ |title=Chairmanship - Chairperson-in-Office |publisher=[[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe|OSCE]] |year=2009 |access-date=2009-09-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090829223507/http://www.osce.org/cio/35779.html |archive-date=August 29, 2009 }}</ref>

==Later political role==

Bakoyannis was expelled from New Democracy on May 7, 2010, on the grounds of having defied New Democracy's line and voting "in favor" of a salient piece of legislation introducing the harsh austerity measures that were required for [[European Union]]-[[International Monetary Fund]] backed lending.<ref>[http://www.ana-mpa.gr/anaweb/user/showplain?maindoc=8692015&maindocimg=7736113&service=98 Bakoyannis expelled from ND] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100508205336/http://www.ana-mpa.gr/anaweb/user/showplain?maindoc=8692015&maindocimg=7736113&service=98 |date=May 8, 2010 }}</ref> She continued to hold her parliamentary seat, originally secured by New Democracy, as an independent. On November 21, 2010, she founded her own political party called the [[Democratic Alliance (Greece)|Democratic Alliance]].<ref name="Bakoyannis founds 'Democratic Alliance' party">{{cite web|url=http://www.ana.gr/anaweb/user/showplain?maindoc=9329698&maindocimg=9329639&service=6&showLink=true|title=Bakoyannis founds 'Democratic Alliance' party|publisher=Athens News Agency|access-date=2010-11-21|archive-date=2012-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305145806/http://www.ana.gr/anaweb/user/showplain?maindoc=9329698&maindocimg=9329639&service=6&showLink=true|url-status=dead}}</ref>

A member of the Greek delegation to the [[Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe]] since 2012, Bakoyannis serves as chairwoman of the Sub-Committee on relations with the [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development|OECD]] and the [[European Bank for Reconstruction and Development|EBRD]]. She is also a member of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy, which she chaired from 2014 to 2016; a member of the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by [[Member states of the Council of Europe|Member States of the Council of Europe]] (Monitoring Committee); [[rapporteur|co-rapporteur]] for the monitoring of [[Russia]] (alongside [[Liliane Maury Pasquier]]);<ref>[http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/News/News-View-EN.asp?newsid=5628&lang=2&cat=135 Russia's new law on 'undesirable' foreign NGOs endangers the right of free expression, said PACE co-rapporteurs] [[Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe]], press release of May 29, 2015.</ref> and [[rapporteur]] on the [[Syrian Civil War]].<ref>[http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/News/News-View-EN.asp?newsid=6982&lang=2&cat=137 Dora Bakoyannis: ‘There is space for Europe to play a useful role in Syria’] [[Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe]], press release of March 13, 2018.</ref> In 2019, she announced her candidacy to succeed [[Thorbjørn Jagland]] as [[Secretary General of the Council of Europe]].<ref>[https://www.coe.int/en/web/baku/-/election-of-the-secretary-general-of-the-council-of-europe-candidatures-received Election of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe: Candidatures received] [[Council of Europe]], press release of January 11, 2019.</ref> The position was ultimately won by Croatia's Foreign Minister [[Marija Pejčinović Burić]].

In 2015, Bakoyannis was named a member of the OSCE Panel of Eminent Persons on European Security as a Common Project, chaired by [[Wolfgang Ischinger]].<ref>[http://www.osce.org/cio/133976 Panel of Eminent Persons on European Security as a Common Project] [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]], press release of January 12, 2015.</ref>

==Other activities==

* [[Centre for European Policy Studies]] (CEPS), Member of the Board of Directors<ref>[https://www.ceps.eu/content/ceps-board-directors Board of Directors] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022232856/https://www.ceps.eu/content/ceps-board-directors |date=2018-10-22 }} [[Centre for European Policy Studies]] (CEPS).</ref>
* [[European Council on Foreign Relations]] (ECFR), Member of the Council<ref>[http://www.ecfr.eu/council/members Members of the Council] [[European Council on Foreign Relations]] (ECFR).</ref>

==Recognition==

In March 1992, the International Centre for Women awarded Bakoyannis the International Leadership Award, and in June 1993, she was recognised by the 14th International Symposium Fontana di Roma for her valuable contribution to culture.

Bakoyannis received the honor of being elected [[World Mayor]] in 2005, an annual internet-based project organized by [[City Mayors]] in order to honor the mayors who have served their communities well. Her efforts to get Athens ready to host the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] successfully, her actions to transform the city for the benefit of its residents and her fight against terrorism helped Bakoyannis win the award. During the contest she was strongly supported by the Greek community and also received thousands of votes from several countries around [[Europe]], [[North America]] and [[Australia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldmayor.com/results05/worldmayor_results05.html|title=Dora Bakoyannis, Mayor of Athens wins the 2005 World Mayor Award|publisher=[[World Mayor]]|year=2005|access-date=2009-09-12}}</ref> She had also been continuously included in the [[Forbes Magazine's List of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women]] from 2006 to 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/11/06women_The-100-Most-Powerful-Women_Rank_3.html|title=The 100 Most Powerful Women|work=[[Forbes]]|date=2006-08-31|access-date=2008-04-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/11/biz-07women_The-100-Most-Powerful-Women_Rank_3.html|title=The 100 Most Powerful Women|work=[[Forbes]]|date=2007-08-30|access-date=2008-04-06|archive-date=2008-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080404025247/http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/11/biz-07women_The-100-Most-Powerful-Women_Rank_3.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/11/biz_powerwomen08_The-100-Most-Powerful-Women_Rank_4.html|title=The 100 Most Powerful Women|work=[[Forbes]]|date=2008-08-27|access-date=2009-09-13}}</ref>  In 2008, she was awarded the Emperor Maximilian Award-European Award for Regional Policy and Local Government by the [[Tyrol (state)|State of Tyrol]] and the city of [[Innsbruck]].<ref>[https://archive.today/20120724015142/http://www.ccre.org/news_detail_en.htm?ID=1327 Emperor Maximilian Prize]</ref>  In 2009, she was named as the first female foreign associate of the [[Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques|French Academy in Humanities and Political Sciences]].<ref>[http://www2.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/AuthoritiesAbroad/North+America/USA/EmbassyWashington/Articles/en-US/FM+Bakoyannis+proclaimed+associate+member+of+the+French+Academy.htm Associate Member of the French Academy]{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>  The same year, she was also awarded the title of Honorary Senator by the [[European Academy of Sciences and Arts]] in Salzburg.<ref>[http://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/kultur/Europaeischen-Akademie-Ruettgers-neuer-Ehrensenator-id5251731.html Honorary Senator European Academy]</ref>  In 2010, Dora Bakoyannis has been awarded the National Order of the Chevalry of the [[Legion of Honour]] of the French Republic (Ordre Nationale de Chevalier de la Legion d' Honneur).<ref>[http://www.amb-grece.fr/politique_etrangere/distinctions.htm National Order of the Chivalry of the Legion of Honour] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926145417/http://www.amb-grece.fr/politique_etrangere/distinctions.htm |date=September 26, 2011 }}</ref>

On 21 March 2008, she received a copy of the key of the city of [[Tirana]] on the occasion of her official visit to Albania.<ref>[http://www.tirana.gov.al/Celesi_qytetit/Dora-RAma-celesi-qytetit.jpg Received a copy of the key of the city of Tirana] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005041911/http://www.tirana.gov.al/Celesi_qytetit/Dora-RAma-celesi-qytetit.jpg |date=October 5, 2011 }}</ref>

==Remarkable incidents==

On December 13, 2002, two months after taking office as mayor of Athens, an assassination attempt was made on her by a perpetrator who was considered mentally disturbed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.in.gr/greece/article/?aid=425283&lngDtrID=244|title=Armed attack against Dora Bakoyannis|date=2002-12-13|website=in.gr|accessdate=2021-03-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hri.org/news/greek/apegr/2002/02-12-13_1.apegr.html#05|title=Murderous attack against Dora Bakoyannis|date=2002-12-13 |website=www.hri.org|publisher=Athens News Agency|accessdate=2021-03-30}}</ref>

In March 2021, the driver of her guard team killed a 23 year old man outside the Hellenic Parliament and the driver fled so as not to be found. The police drove the eyewitnesses away from the scene of the accident.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.avgi.gr/koinonia/381887_sobara-erotimatika-gia-toys-heirismoys-astynomikoy-se-thanatiforo-trohaio-atyhima|title=Σοβαρά ερωτηματικά για τους χειρισμούς αστυνομικού σε θανατηφόρο τροχαίο ατύχημα στη Βουλή|trans-title=Serious doubts about the handling of a fatal car accident by a police officer in Parliament|date=2021-03-14|website=Αυγή|language=el|accessdate=2021-03-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tanea.gr/2021/03/14/greece/giati-den-synelifthi-o-odigos-gia-to-troxaio-ekso-apo-ti-vouli/|title=Γιατί δεν συνελήφθη ο οδηγός για το τροχαίο έξω από τη Βουλή|trans-title=Why was the driver not arrested for the car accident outside the Hellenic Parliament?|date=2021-03-14|website=ΤΑ ΝΕΑ|language=el|accessdate=2021-03-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.motomag.gr/news/epikairotita/trohaio-dystyhima-mprosta-stin-voyli-me-ohima-tis-asfaleias-tis-ntoras-mpakogianni|title=Τροχαίο δυστύχημα μπροστά στην Βουλή με όχημα της ασφάλειας της Ντόρας Μπακογιάννη. Προβληματική η στάση της Τροχαίας|trans-title=Car accident in front of the Hellenic Parliament with Dora Bakoyannis's security vehicle. The attitude of the Traffic Police is problematic|website=MOTOMAG |language=el|accessdate=2021-03-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424214823/https://www.motomag.gr/news/epikairotita/trohaio-dystyhima-mprosta-stin-voyli-me-ohima-tis-asfaleias-tis-ntoras-mpakogianni|archive-date=2021-04-24}}</ref>

==Personal life==

In December 1974, she married journalist [[Pavlos Bakoyannis]] and later gave birth to their two children, Alexia and [[Kostas Bakoyannis|Kostas]]. In 1977, she took examinations at the [[Minister for Economy and Finance (Greece)|Ministry of Economic Coordination]] and was appointed in the Department of [[European Economic Community]] Affairs. When her father was elected leader of New Democracy in 1984, she served as [[chief of staff]] until 1989. On 26 September 1989, her husband, who had been elected a member of the Hellenic Parliament in the [[June 1989 Greek legislative election|June 1989 election]] and was the chief architect for the [[Andreas Papandreou]] indictment for [[Koskotas scandal]], was assassinated by members of the terrorist group [[Revolutionary Organization 17 November]], as he entered his office building.<ref>{{cite news |author=Marlise Simons|title=Greek lawmaker is slain in Athens|newspaper = The New York Times|date=27 September 1989 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/27/world/greek-lawmaker-is-slain-in-athens.html | ref = {{harvid|New York Times|Sep. 1989}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title =Papandreou Trial a Modern Drama |work=Chicago Tribune|date=5 October 1989| url = https://www.chicagotribune.com/1989/10/05/papandreou-trial-a-modern-drama/ | ref = {{harvid|Chicago Tribune|Oct. 1989}} }}</ref> She later married businessman Isidoros Kouvelos in 1998, but retains her late husband's surname. Her second husband is currently the president of the [[Hellenic Olympic Committee]].

On October 18, 2021, she revealed that she had been diagnosed with [[multiple myeloma]] - a type of cancer of white blood cells.<ref>{{Cite news|publisher =Kathimerini|title=Dora Bakoyannis reveals cancer diagnosis|url=https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1170062/dora-bakoyannis-reveals-cancer-diagnosis/|access-date=2021-10-19|language=English}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{official website}} {{in lang|el|en}}
*{{Hellenic Parliament|6e037ced-1cd5-495c-838d-ee65ff9e0d7f}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081207032706/http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/The+Ministry/The+Minister/Biography/ Dora Bakoyannis' biography] in the Wayback Archive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website {{in lang|el|en|fr}}
*{{YouTube|user=DoraWebTV|title=Dora Bakoyannis}}
*[http://www.worldmayor.com/results05/worldmayor_results05.html World Mayor 2005]

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