Ireni Agapidaki

Irene Agapidaki is a Greek politician and psychologist, who is currently Deputy Minister of Health. In the parliamentary elections of 2023, she headed the New Democracy's State Election ticket, where she was elected Member of Parliament. In 2019 she was appointed Special Secretary for the Protection of Unaccompanied Minors and in 2021 Secretary General of Public Health.

Irini Agapidaki studied psychology and subsequently obtained a Master's degree in Health Promotion and Health Education and a PhD in Health Psychology from the University of Athens Medical School. She participated in many projects for the promotion of mental health and public health and was a collaborator of the Laboratory of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics of the Athens Medical School. He also served as Lecturer in Public Health at the Faculty of Medicine of the European University Cyprus. After the elections, she was appointed deputy minister of health and was sworn in on 4 July 2023.