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{{Short description|Canadian politician (born 1954)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
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|honorific-suffix = [[Queen's Privy Council for Canada|PC]]
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| parliament1 = Canadian
| constituency_MP1 = [[Saint-Denis (electoral district)|Saint-Denis]]
| term_start1 = 1993
| term_end1 = 1997
| predecessor1 = [[Marcel Prud'homme]]
| successor1 = riding dissolved
| parliament2 = Canadian
| constituency_MP2 = [[Ahuntsic (federal electoral district)|Ahuntsic]]
| term_start2 = 1997
| term_end2 = 2006
| predecessor2 = [[Michel Daviault]]
| successor2 = [[Maria Mourani]]
| party = [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
| residence = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|5|10|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Argos, Greece|Argos]], [[Greece]] 
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'''Eleni Bakopanos''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} (born May 10, 1954 in [[Argos, Peloponnese|Argos]], [[Greece]]) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] politician.

Bakopanos was a member of the [[Liberal Party of Canada]] in the [[House of Commons of Canada]], representing the riding of [[Ahuntsic (federal electoral district)|Ahuntsic]] from 1997 to 2006, and Saint-Denis from 1993 to 1997 and is the first Greek-born woman to be elected to Parliament. Bakopanos has been an executive, and a policy adviser. Formerly Assistant Deputy Chairman of Committees of the Whole, and a former [[Parliamentary Secretary]] to the [[Minister of Justice (Canada)|Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada]] (1997–1999). Bakopanos was named Parliamentary Secretary to the [[Minister of Social Development (Canada)|Minister of Social Development]] with special emphasis on Social Economy on July 20, 2004. Bakopanos has served as Chair of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration and as Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage.<ref name=autogenerated1>[https://archive.today/20071120223819/http://www.ctv.ca/mini/election2006/candidates/24002_LIB.html Election 2006<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

In the spring 2004, Bakopanos wrote a booklet titled ''Political Recruiting and Women in the Political Process''.<ref>[http://www.parl.gc.ca/infoparl/27/1/27n1_04e_bakopanos.pdf 034072-E.vp<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> She argues that women continue to face serious obstacles to full participation in public life. She suggests that women bring a different character to the policy making process and they should be encouraged to enter politics in greater numbers.

Bakopanos holds a Bachelor of Arts with honours in political science and history from [[McGill University]], where she also studied law. She is married and is the mother of two daughters.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

Bakopanos sought a return to parliament in the [[2008 Canadian federal election|2008 federal election]], but was unsuccessful.

She ran in the provincial riding of [[Crémazie (electoral district)|Crémazie]] in the [[2012 Quebec general election|2012 election]] for the [[Quebec Liberal Party]] but was defeated.

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===General===
*{{cite magazine |title=Political Recruiting and Women in the Political Process |last=Bakopanos |first=Eleni |year=2004 |magazine=Canadian Parliamentary Review |location=Ottawa |url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/Infoparl/english/issue.asp?param=61&art=40 }}

==External links==
* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=6641}}
* [http://www.caledoninst.org/Publications/PDF/536ENG.pdf Social Economy Champion in 2005]

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