Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou

Vasiliki Thanou-Christophilou
Βασιλική Θάνου-Χριστοφίλου
Thanou-Christophilou in 2015
Prime Minister of Greece
In office 27 August 2015 – 21 September 2015
President	Prokopis Pavlopoulos
Preceded by	Alexis Tsipras
Succeeded by	Alexis Tsipras
Court of Cassation
2014–2015	Vice President
2015–2017	President
Personal details
Born	(1950-11-03) 3 November 1950 (age 73) Chalcis, Greece
Political party	Independent
Children	3
Alma mater	University of Athens Panthéon-Assas University

Vasiliki Thanou-Christophilou (Greek: Βασιλική Θάνου-Χριστοφίλου, pronounced [vasiliˈci ˈθanu xristoˈfilu]; born 3 November 1950), also known as just Vasiliki Thanou, is a Greek judge who served as caretaker prime minister of Greece from 27 August to 21 September 2015, in the run-up to the September 2015 legislative election. She was the first-ever female Greek prime minister and the 98th officeholder since 1822.

Thanou-Christophilou served as the President of the Court of Cassation, one of Greece's three supreme courts, from 2015 to 2017, and is currently the most senior judge in Greece. She teaches civil law at the National School of Judges of Greece and has been, since 2012, the president of the Greek Association of Judges and Prosecutors (SAD).