Education
Born 1946 in Athens, Fotiou studied architecture at National Technical University of Athens (National Technical University of Athens) graduating in 1969.
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Born 1946 in Athens, Fotiou studied architecture at National Technical University of Athens (National Technical University of Athens) graduating in 1969.
Since January 2015 she has been serving as Alternate Minister of Social Solidarity. Since 1972, she has taught architecture at the National Technical University of Athens 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.
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 a 1st price 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.
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.
Since the May 2012 elections, Fotiou has been a Member of the Hellenic Parliament on Syriza"s state list.