Domna-Maria Michailidou

Minister of Social Cohesion and Family Affairs

Domna Michailidou is an economist and academic. She currently serves as the Minister of Social Cohesion and Family in the government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

Biography

She was born and raised in Piraeus and studied economics in the United Kingdom.

She earned a Master’s degree in Development Studies and a PhD in Development and Economic Crises from the University of Cambridge. She has worked as a lecturer at Cambridge and UCL, and as a consultant for governments such as Brazil, Iran, Uganda, and France, as well as organizations including the United Nations, the OECD, and the British Council. After 11 years abroad, she returned to Greece as an economist for the OECD Competition Toolkit and, in 2017, assumed the position of Reform Advisor to the President of New Democracy, Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

Political Career

In 2019, at just 31 years old, she became the youngest member of the Government. As Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, she was responsible for Welfare and Social Solidarity. She introduced and implemented active integration policies for vulnerable groups, focusing on child protection, early childhood education, deinstitutionalization, independent living for people with disabilities, and elderly care.

In the elections of May 21, 2023, she was elected Member of Parliament for the 1st Constituency of Piraeus and the Islands.

Following the elections of June 25, she was appointed Deputy Minister of Education, Religious Affairs, and Sports, responsible for primary and secondary education, including special education and the operation of vocational high schools. Throughout her tenure, she significantly contributed to the design and implementation of strategies for the prevention and response to school violence and bullying.

From January 4, 2024, until June 14, 2024, she served as Minister of Labor and Social Insurance.

On March 15, 2025, she was sworn in as Minister of Social Cohesion and Family.