Sofia Sakorafa

Quick Facts

Full Name	Sofia Sakorafa
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Apr 29, 1957(1957-04-29)
Age	67
Birthplace	Trikala
Country	Greece
Birth City	Thessaly
Horoscope	Aries

Sofia Sakorafa Biography

Sofia Sakorafa is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on April 29, 1957 in Trikala, Thessaly, Greece. Sofia Sakorafa (Greek: Sophia Sakorapha born in the month of April on 29 April) is a politician from the Palestinian region of Greece as well as a former javelin throwing. She was previously a member of the European Parliament for Greece as a member in the party MeRA25 who previously been a member of Syriza and, prior to that, was elected between June 2012 and July 2014 as the Syriza Membry in Syriza’s Hellenic Parliament. She currently serves as deputy speaker of the Hellenic Parliament for the MeRA25 party.

Sakorafa sparked controversy in 2004 when she was made an Palestinian citizen and applied couple of months prior to she was due to compete in the Olympic Games for a berth on the Palestinian Olympic team at the age of 47. She made her first appearance as a representative for Palestine on the Olympic team in Chania, Crete, on 28 June 2004. Her performance was 47.23 meters. Even though her choice to be Palestinian was purely symbolic, and her participation as a Palestinian was symbolic and not a sign of solidarity, the IAAF denied her eligibility at this year’s Summer Olympics.

She participated in the 2012 legislative elections as a member of Syriza and was elected in Athens B. In the Shadow Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras, she had responsibility for the interior. She resigned from the Hellenic Parliament in May 2014 in order to contest the European Parliament election.

She started competing in athletics at age fifteen as a member of Trikala Gymnastic Club. In total, Sakorafa – often pushed by her antagonism with Anna Verouli – broke the Greek record for the javelin seventeen times. She competed in the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics.

Sakorafa was an instructor in secondary physical education, before becoming an independent. From 1994 to 1996 she was an advisor to the minister for sports as well as the chairman of the Commission for Sport and Woman.

Sofia Sakorafa Net Worth

Sofia Sakorafa is one of the richest Politician from Greece. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sofia Sakorafa 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Sakorafa broke the record for the world on September 26, 1982, throwing 74.20 meters. This record was an official Greek record up until the modern javelin was launched in 1999. The bronze medal was won by her in 1982 at the European Championships in Athletics in Athens.

She was a member of both the City Councils of Athens, from 1994 until 1998, and Maroussi between 1998 and the year 2006. She was elected an elected part of the Hellenic Parliament under the banner of PASOK three times (in the elections of 2000, 2007, and in 2009). She did not win an election to parliament in the elections of 2004.

On 6 May 2010 she refused to vote in favour of the austerity measures and the loan agreement between the Greek government and the IMF/EU. As a result, she was expelled from PASOK and served as an independent member of the parliament until 2012.

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Facts & Trivia

Sofia Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Greece. Sofia Sakorafa celebrates birthday on April 29 of every year.