Tina Birbili
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Τίνα Μπιρμπίλη
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|president = Karolos Papoulias
|primeminister = George Papandreou
|successor = Giorgos Papakonstantinou
|office = Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate Change
|termstart =7 October 2009
|termend =17 June 2011
|birth_date = 1969
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|nationality = Greek
|party = Panhellenic Socialist Movement
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| residence = Athens, Greece
| alma_mater = University of Athens (B.Sc.)
Imperial College (M.A., PhD)
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| profession = Physicist
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Konstantina Birbili ({{langx|el|Κωνσταντίνα Μπιρμπίλη}}) (born 1969),{{Cite web |title=Short CVs |publisher=Nomos + Physis Society |url=http://www.nomosphysis.org.gr/attachments/254/Short%20CVs.doc |format=MS Word |accessdate=22 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302201204/http://www.nomosphysis.org.gr/attachments/254/Short%20CVs.doc |archivedate=2 March 2012 }} commonly known as Tina Birbili, was the Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate Change of Greece until June 17, 2011. Birbili was the first holder of this office, which was created to succeed the former Ministry for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works by Greek prime minister George Papandreou in October 2009.{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/feedarticle/8742539 |publisher=Associated Press |title=Greek Socialist premier sworn in, names Cabinet |date=6 October 2009 }}
Career
Birbili had no prior government experience on her appointment, but she had worked as an advisor to prime minister Papandreou during his tenure at the foreign ministry.{{Cite news |url=http://www.athensnews.gr/issue/13359/20184 |title=Breaking with the past |date=10 October 2009 |publisher=Athens News |first=Spyros |last=Mourelatos |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306211149/http://www.athensnews.gr/issue/13359/20184 |archivedate=6 March 2012 }} She was regarded as a strong advocate for environmental issues within the Panhellenic Socialist Movement party.
A physicist by training, Birbili attended the University of Athens and London's Imperial College, obtaining a PhD in 1995.
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Category:Government ministers of Greece
Category:Environment ministers of Greece
Category:National and Kapodistrian University of Athens alumni