Speakers

High-level women political figures are among the participants at the WPL Democracy For The 21st Century Summit. Meet below some of the women leaders who will take part in the #WPLSummitGreece.

Speakers

Invited and confirmed Speakers include:

Katerina Sakellaropoulou
President
Hellenic Republic of Greece
Olga Kefalogianni
Minister of Tourism
Government of Greece
Sofia Zacharaki
Minister of Social Cohesion and Family
Government of Greece
Sevasti 'Sevi' Voloudaki
Member, WPL Country Ambassador
Hellenic Parliament of Greece
Constantine An. Tassoulas
President
Hellenic Parliament
Sahle-Work Zewde
President
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Amina J. Mohammed
Deputy Secretary-General
United Nations
Silvana Koch-Mehrin
President
Women Political Leaders (WPL)
Dr. Obiageli "Oby" Ezekwesili
Chair of the WPL Board
Economic and Public Policy Expert and Senior Economic Adviser to the Africa Economic Development Policy Initiative (AEDPI); World Bank Vice-President, Africa Region (2007-2012)
Annita Demetriou
President
House Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus
Theodoros Rousopoulos
President
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Viviane Reding
Vice-President (2010-2014), EU Commissioner (2000-2014), Member of National and European Parliament (1979-2000,2014-2023)
European Commission, European Parliament
Mary Robinson
Chair; Adjunct Professor for Climate Justice, Trinity College Dublin; President of Ireland (1990-1997)
Government of Ireland
Kersti Kaljulaid
President (2016–2021); Global Advocate of the UN Secretary-General for Every Woman Every Child
Government of Estonia
Marie-Colline Leroy
State Secretary for Gender Equality, Equal Opportunities and Diversity
Government of Belgium
Tarja Halonen
President (2000-2012)
Government of Finland
Şafak Pavey
Senior Advisor, Deputy Speaker (2011-2017)
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Eleanor Laing
Deputy Speaker, Chairman of Ways and Means
House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi
Member, Vice-Chair FEMM Committee
European Parliament
Cristina Gallach
Member
GWL Voices
Fatimazhra Belhirch
Member
Senate of the Netherlands
Gabriela Creţu
Member
Senate of Romania
Glona Labadlabad
Member; Chair House Committee on Inter-parliamentary Relations and Diplomacy
House of Representatives of Philippines
Goedele Liekens
Member
House of Representatives of Belgium
Hafida Benchehida
Senator, Founding Member
National Council of Algeria, Arab Women Parliamentarians Network
Irene Charalambides
Vice-President at OSCE PA, Chairwoman of the Standing Committee on Human Rights and Equal Opportunities between Men and Women
House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus
Jeannine Mabunda Lioko
Speaker of the National Assembly (2019-2020)
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Karla Yuritzi Almazán Burgos
Vice President of the Board of Directors
Chamber of the Deputies of Mexico
Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová
Member, Deputy Speaker (2016-2019)
European Parliament, National Council of Slovakia
Maris Lauri
Member, Minister of Justice (2021-2022)
Parliament of Estonia (Riigikogu)
Olga Cebotari
Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration (2020-2021), Member of the Executive Committee
Government of the Republic of Moldova, Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova
Orit Farkash-Hacohen
Deputy Speaker, Member
Parliament of Israel (The Knesset)
Rejhana Dervišević
Member
House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Rositsa Kirova
Vice President
National Assembly of Bulgaria
Rozaina Adam
Member, WPL Country Ambassador
People’s Majlis (Parliament of the Maldives)
Sofia Voultepsi
Deputy Minister, Member
Ministry of Migration and Asylum of Greece, Hellenic Parliament of Greece
Sahar Albazar
Member, Deputy Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee
House of Representatives of Egypt
Sarah Adwoa Safo
Member
Parliament of Ghana
Simonida Kordić
Member
Parliament of Montenegro
Tsitsi Gezi
Deputy Speaker
National Assembly of Zimbabwe

Trailblazer Award winners

Peace & Security Award Winners

Lifetime achievement award winners

Participants

Alkhas Ghazaryan
Member
National Assembly of Armenia
Afekuru Animu Risasi Amitai
Founder and CEO
Animu Athiei Foundation
Aikaterini Monogyiou Michahl
Member
Hellenic Parliament of Greece
Amira Saber Qandil
Member; Secretary General of the Foreign Relations Committee
Parliament of Egypt
Antigoni Papanikolaou
Corporate and Legal affairs Director (Greece, Cyprus & Malta)
Microsoft
Arpine Davoyan
Member
Parliament of Armenia
Arusyak Manavazyan
Member
National Assembly of Armenia
Aristotelis Telis Spanias Georgiou
Member
Hellenic Parliament of Greece
Abu Kamara
Member
House of Representatives of Liberia
Anastasios Tasos Chatzibasileiou Georgiou
Member
Hellenic Parliament of Greece
Andrés Camacho Morales
Minister of Mines and Energy
Government of Colombia
Bilal Bilici
Member
Grand National Assembly of the Republic of Turkey
Blerina Gjylameti
Member, Deputy Chair of Parliamentary Committee for Economy
Parliament of Albania
Catherine Ardagh
Member
Houses of the Oireachtas (Ireland)
Catherine Omanyo
Member
Parliament of Kenya, Busia County
Celeste Josefina Amarilla viuda De Bocci
Member
Senate of Paraguay
Ceylan Akca Cupolo
Member
Grand National Assembly of the Republic of Turkey
Christos Kapetanos Dimitriou
Member
Hellenic Parliament of Greece
Cinzia Pellegrino
Member
Senate of Italy
David Bernadette Gomina Pampali
Member, President
National Assembly of the Central African Republic, Forum of Parliamentary Women
Denitsa Evgenieva Sacheva
Member, Deputy Chairperson of Parliamentary Group
National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria
Dennitah Ghati
Member (2017-2022)
Parliament of Kenya
Dhurata Tyli
Member
Parliament of Albania
Dimitris Kyriazidis
Member
Hellenic Parliament of Greece
Doris Gutierrez
Vice-President
Government of Honduras
Domani Doré
Minister of Sports (2014-2016) and Member (2020-2021), Founder
National Assembly of Guinea, Guinée Audacieuse
Domenica Spinelli
Member
Senate of Italy
Drita Llolla
Member
Parliament of Montenegro
Efrat Rayten-Marom
Member, WPL Country Ambassador
Parliament of Israel (The Knesset)
Eleni Rapti
Deputy Minister of Tourism
Ministry of Tourism of the Hellenic Republic of Greece
Elizabeth Masuku
Member
Parliament of Zimbabwe
Emilie Béatrice Epaye
Member, Minister of Trade, Industry and Small and Medium Enterprises (2008-2011)
National Assembly of the Central African Republic
Eneng Maliyanasari
Member
Jakarta Regional People's Representative Council
Esther Mbulakubuza Mbayo
Legislator
Parliament of Uganda
Ewa Matecka
Member
Senate of the Republic of Poland
Eyaggelou Anna Mani Papadimitriou
Deputy Minister, Member
Ministry of Development of Greece, Hellenic Parliament of Greece
Eyoanwan Bassey Otu
First Lady
Government of Cross River State of Nigeria
Fawzia Arshad
Member
Senate of Pakistan
France Masai
Member
Senate of Belgium
Gabriela Morawska-Stanecka
Deputy Speaker
Senate of the Republic of Poland