Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou

Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou
Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou
Ρόδη Κράτσα-Τσαγκαροπούλου
	Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou in 2009
Regional Governor of the Ionian Islands
	In office; 1 September 2019 – 31 December 2023
First Vice-President of ; the European Parliament
	In office; 16 January 2007 – 14 July 2009
President	Hans-Gert Pöttering
Preceded by	Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca
Succeeded by	Giovanni Pittella
Member of the European Parliament for Greece
	In office; 20 July 1999 – 30 June 2014
Personal details
Born	14 November 1952 (age 71); Zakynthos, Greece
Political party	New Democracy
Spouse	Apostolos Kratsas
Children	2

Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou is a Greek politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2014, and served as First Vice-President of the European Parliament from 2007 to 2009. She was Regional Governor of the Ionian Islands from 2019 to 2023.

She was born and brought up at the island of Zakynthos, Greece. She studied Sociology (specialising in political sociology) at the University of Geneva (Switzerland). Her postgraduate studies followed at the Institute of European Studies of the same university. She was first elected as an MEP in 1999. She was re-elected in 2004 and in 2009. Her parliamentary work was rich and multifaceted with numerous interventions on issues like European integration, regional cohesion and economic development of Europe, the upgrading of women's participation and the presence of the EU at international level.