Motion for Change (KINAL) chief Fofi Gennimata died on Monday at Evangelismos hospital in Athens on the age of 57. Gennimata, daughter of Greek politician and minister at PASOK authorities Giorgos Gennimatas, was a mom of three kids.
On October 11 she was admitted to the Athens’ Evangelismos Hospital and introduced that she was pulling out of December’s electoral race for the occasion management following the deterioration of her well being.
“The deterioration of my well being that calls for hospitalization and administration obliges me to finish my electoral run as candidate for the presidency of the Motion of Change,” she mentioned in an announcement.
Gennimata was elected MP for the primary time with the PASOK poll In April 2000.
In 2002 and 2006 was elected regional governor of Athens and Piraeus.
Gennimata was appointed Deputy Well being and Welfare Minister within the cupboard of George Papandreou in October 2009.
In 2012, Gennimata was appointed PASOK’s spokesperson following a choice of PASOK chief Evangelos Venizelos. In 2013 she served as Alternate Nationwide Defence Minister.
She has been president of the Panhellenic Socialist Motion (PASOK) since 2015. In 2017, she turned the chief of the Motion for Change (KINAL), a coalition of centre-left events shaped round PASOK.