Nana Aidona

Athina Aidona, more known as Nana Aidona is a Greek lawyer and politician. She is the Governor of Central Macedonia since 2024 and the only woman regional governor of Greece.

Career Aidona was born in Xanthi, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. She got a degree in law from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, has practised as a lawyer at the Supreme Civil and Criminal Court of Greece and is a member of the Thessaloniki Bar Association. She has headed the legal department of the Hellenic Council of State, the Thessaloniki Lawyers’ Pension Fund, and has served as president of the Hellenic Lawyers’ Fund, successfully increasing lawyers’ supplementary pensions by up to 75%, and has been vice-president of the Thessaloniki International Fair. She secured 35 of the 39 votes cast by the members of the regional council, defeating Voula Patoulidou, who received 3 votes, and one vote left blank, and became the only woman governor in Greece.

Personal life She is married and have two children, and grandchildren.