Famous People with Name Antigoni

Antigoni Roumpesi            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Antigoni Roumpesi: is a female Greek water polo player and Olympic silver medalist with the Greek national team.

Antigoni Papadopoulou            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Antigoni Papadopoulou: is a Cypriot politician, and one of the first two Cypriot women to be elected as Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) among six Cypriot MEPs (2009). She is a former Member of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus and the First Woman to serve as Chair of the House’s Committee of Economic Affairs and Budgeting (2006–2009). She was an Assembly Member of the Council of Europe from 2001 to 2009 and has also served as Vice Chairperson of the Committee of Economic Affairs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2003–2009). She was the elected Mayor of Morphou-Cyprus from 1996 to 2001. She was the first female mayor in the city's history and the only elected female mayor of Morphou so far, as well as the first woman to serve as a national parliamentarian in the District of Nicosia for the Democratic Party (DIKO) for two consecutive terms (2001 & 2006). She has also served as Municipal Councilor in Strovolos Municipality from 1991 to 1996. She is the President of GODIK, the Women’s Organization of the Democratic Party since 1994.