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Greek Socialist Leader Fofi Gennimata Dies at 57

Greek socialist leader Fofi Gennimata died on Monday at an Athens hospital at 57. She was diagnosed with a relapse of cancer earlier in October.

On October 11 she was admitted to Athens’ Evangelismos Hospital with an intestinal obstruction. She died “after a years’ long battle and despite the efforts of her attending physicians,” the hospital’s administration said in a statement on Monday, expressing its condolences to her family.

Gennimata, leader of the socialist party PASOK and the center-left coalition Movement for Change, withdrew from the race to elect a new leader for the party that is due to take place in December. She was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008.

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R.I.P. Fofi Gennimata Athens. Patissia Photo by Christos Xanthakis

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Fofi Gennimata: Thousands Greeks say Farewell to leader of socialist KINAL

Covered with the Greek flag, the flag of PASOK and the flag of KINAL the coffin of Fofi Gennimata was laid to state at the Athens Cathedral

Covered with the Greek flag, the flag of PASOK and the flag of KINAL the coffin of Fofi Gennimata was laid to state at the Athens Cathedral on Wednesday morning, as thousands of people said farewell to one of the last dignified politicians in Greece.

Her family, her friends and party members, the whole of the state and political leadership of the country, and ordinary people attended the funeral service.

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National mourning and lie to state for Fofi Gennimata as condolences pour in

Condolences from the Greek political world and from abroad are arriving as procedures for the funeral and honors of KINAL leader Fofi Gennim

Condolences from the Greek political world and from abroad are arriving as procedures for the funeral and honors of KINAL leader Fofi Gennimata are being made. The Prime Minister has declared a national day of mourning the October 27, the day Gennimata will be laid to rest.

The 56-year-old socialist politician who lost a long battle with cancer will be laid to rest on Wednesday afternoon at the First Cemetery of Athens. She will lie in state in the Cathedral from 10 o’ clock in the morning, with the funeral service scheduled for 2 p.m.

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The leader of KINAL, Fofi Gennimata, has died at the Evangelismos Hospital in Athens.

The hospital announcement states:

"Today 25/10/2021 at 12:04 pm at Evangelismos Hospital, the President of KINAL Fofi Gennimata passed away after a long battle and despite the efforts of the treating doctors.

We express our deepest condolences to her family.” https://www.documentonews.gr/article/pethane-i-fofi-gennimata

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Ex FM Dora Bakoyannis (ND) reveals she has been diagnosed with cancer

Former conservative Foreign Minister and ex Mayor of Athens Dora Bakoyannis revealed on Monday that she has been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer of the white blood cells, but says she intends to go on working.

“It’s never easy to hear that you have cancer,” the 67-year-old New Democracy politician said in a long post on social media on Monday. She added that she is undergoing treatment and remains optimistic about a satisfactory outcome.

“I have never in my life backed down from a fight. I will continue to work and fight for the country which I love so much, while undergoing treatment,” she said.

Dora Bakoyannis is the mother of current Athens Mayor, Costas Bakoyannis, and the older sister of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

The news come a week after the leader of KINAL/PASOK, Fofi Gennimata, announced that she is withdrawing from the new leadership election due to health reasons. She has been hospitalized since Oct 12, with the hospital to have announced recurrence of underlying cancer.

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Leader of KINAL, Fofi Gennimata, withdraws from leadership race due to health reasons

Fofi Gennimata, the leader of socialist opposition party Movement for Change (KINAL/PASOK) announced on Tuesday afternoon that she will not

Fofi Gennimata, the leader of socialist opposition party Movement for Change (KINAL/PASOK) announced on Tuesday afternoon that she will not run in upcoming party elections for leadership due to health reasons.

Gennimata announced her withdrawal from the leadership race on a tweet in which she wrote: “The deterioration of my health that requires hospitalization and treatment does not allow me to run as candidate for the leadership of KINAL.”

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Gov’t handing over control of Hellenic Petroleum to private interests, says KINAL leader

The government is using the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (TAIPED) as “a Trojan horse” to hand over state assets to private inter

The government is using the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (TAIPED) as “a Trojan horse” to hand over state assets to private interests, the leader of Movement for Change (KINAL) leader Fofi Gennimata said on Tuesday.

The party leader said she is referring to the 2003 shareholders’ agreement for Hellenic Petroleum (ELPE), “which the government wants to abolish using its corporate governance law as a pretext,” she added.