Anna Benaki-Psarouda

Anna Benaki-Psarouda (Άννα Μπενάκη - Ψαρούδα pronounced [anna benaki-psarouda]); born 12 December 1934) is a Greek lawyer, New Democracy politician and academician.

Anna Benaki-Psarouda
Άννα Μπενάκη - Ψαρούδα
Benaki-Psarouda (right) in 2007
6th Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament
In office 19 March 2004 – 28 September 2007
President	Konstantinos Stephanopoulos Karolos Papoulias
Preceded by	Apostolos Kaklamanis
Succeeded by	Dimitris Sioufas
Minister of Justice
In office 3 December 1992 – 14 September 1993
Prime Minister	Konstantinos Mitsotakis
Preceded by	Ioannis Varvitsiotis
Succeeded by	Georgios Plagianakos
Minister of Culture
In office 8 August 1991 – 3 December 1992
Prime Minister	Konstantinos Mitsotakis
Preceded by	Tzannis Tzannetakis
Succeeded by	Dora Bakoyannis
In office 2 July 1989 – 7 July 1989
Prime Minister	Tzannis Tzannetakis
Preceded by	Melina Mercouri
Succeeded by	Georgios Mylonas
Personal details
Born	(1934-12-12) 12 December 1934 (age 90) Exarcheia, Athens, Greece
Political party	New Democracy
Spouse	Linos Benakis (?–2022)
Alma mater	University of Athens University of Bonn University of Freiburg
Website	Official Website

She was born in Exarcheia, Athens, and obtained her PhD from the University of Bonn. She joined the Athens Bar Association and taught law. In 1981 she entered into politics and in 1985 she was the New Democracy's rapporteur to argue against the constitutional amendments of Andreas Papandreou that had caused a constitutional crisis.^[1] In the 1990s became culture minister then Minister of Justice. From 2004 to 2007 she served as Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament. She is the first-ever woman to hold that office.^[2]

In 2010 she was elected Member of the Academy of Athens. On 7 December 2018 she was elected to serve as vice-president of the Academy of Athens for the year 2019, and president for the year 2020, succeeding Stephanos Imellos in both offices.^[3]