Dora Bakoyannis

Theodora "Dora" Bakoyanni is a Greek politician. From 2006 to 2009 she was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece, the highest position ever to have been held by a woman in the Cabinet of Greece at the time; she was also Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe in 2009. Previously she was the Mayor of Athens from 2003 to 2006, the first female mayor in the city's history, and the first woman to serve as mayor of a city hosting the Olympic Games. She also served as Minister for Culture of Greece from 1992 to 1993.

6 May 1954

Born on the same birth day (6 May): Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath • Ariel Dorfman • Chantelle Newbery • Dominika Cibulková • Frans Timmermans • Hermann Raster • Jason Witten • Jean-Baptiste Stuck • Karl Christian Friedrich Krause • Lætitia Sadier • Orson Welles • Robert Peary • Rolf Maximilian Sievert • Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach • Tom Bergeron • Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan

Born in the same month (May 1954): Amy Heckerling • Angela Bofill • Caroline Thomson • Charles Saumarez Smith • Dafydd Williams • Denis Lebel • Elliot Goldenthal • Gerry Armstrong (footballer) • Jake Roberts • Joel Rosenberg (science fiction author) • Lena Einhorn • Marc Ribot • Marvelous Marvin Hagler • Michael Roberts (jockey) • Mike Hagerty • Murali (Malayalam actor) • Péter Szilágyi (conductor) • Ray Parker Jr. • Ryan Cayabyab