uncomplicated recovery and she returned to the active politics. In May 2009 she was chosen to lead the New Democracy EP list and she was subsequently elected as 1 of the 22 Greek MEPs. In November 2020 she was elected vice-president of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. Giannakou died in Athens on 27 February 2022, at the age of 70. References External links Biography on Greek Parliament website 1951 births 2022 deaths 20th-century Greek physicians 20th-century women physicians 21st-century women MEPs for Greece Greek MPs 1993–1996 Greek MPs 1996–2000 Greek MPs 2000–2004 Greek MPs 2004–2007 Greek amputees Women government ministers of Greece Politicians with disabilities New Democracy (Greece) MEPs MEPs for Greece 2009–2014 Ministers of National Education and Religious Affairs of Greece Greek physicians National and Kapodistrian University of Athens alumni Greek women physicians People from Laconia Greek MPs 2019–2023