Maria Damanaki

Maria Damanaki
Μαρία Δαμανάκη
Damanaki in 2013
European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
In office 9 February 2010 – 31 October 2014
President	José Manuel Barroso
Preceded by	Joe Borg
Succeeded by	Karmenu Vella (Environment Maritime Affairs and Fisheries)
First Deputy Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament
In office 4 July 1989 – 21 November 1989
President of Synaspismos
In office 18 March 1991 – 19 December 1993
Preceded by	Charilaos Florakis
Succeeded by	Nikos Konstantopoulos
Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Athens B
In office 16 September 2007 – 9 February 2010 (resigned)
In office 20 November 1977 – 10 October 2003 (resigned)
Member of the Hellenic Parliament for National list
In office 7 March 2004 – 18 August 2007
Municipal Councillor of the Municipality of Athens
In office 1 January 1995 – 9 April 2000 (resigned)
Personal details
Born	(1952-05-31) 31 May 1952 (age 72) Agios Nikolaos, Greece
Political party	Communist Party (1972-1991) Synaspismós (1991–2003) Panhellenic Socialist Movement (2003–present)
Spouses	Dimitris Karagkoules ​ ​ (divorced)​ Dimitris Danikas ​ (divorced)​ Giorgos Kimoulis ​ (divorced)​
Children	3
Alma mater	National Technical University of Athens (MS) Lancaster University

Maria Damanaki (Greek: Μαρία Δαμανάκη; born 31 May 1952) is a Greek politician. She is a former president of the Synaspismos party of the left and former state member of the Hellenic Parliament within the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK). She served as the Global Managing Director for Oceans at The Nature Conservancy.^[1] In this capacity leads a global team focused on how the world manages its oceans, including sustainable fisheries management, large-scale protection and restoration of coral reefs and other ecosystems, coastal resilience, and mapping and quantification of the full value of the world's oceans to people.^[1]