Vasso Papandreou
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Vasiliki "Vasso" Papandreou was a Greek politician and one-time cabinet minister.
Papandreou was born in Valimitika, Achaea prefecture in 1944. She was an economist by profession.
Papandreou was one of the founding members of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK). She was elected several times to the Hellenic Parliament under its banner starting in 1985.
She served as:
- Minister of Development 1996 - 1999
- Minister of the Interior 1999 - 2001
- Minister of the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works 2001 - 2004
Papandreou never unmarried. Despite the surname and the similar ideology, she was not related to former PM Giorgos Papandreou.
She died on October 17, 2024.