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American politician (born )

Eleni Kounalakis^[a] (née Tsakopoulos;^[b] born March 3, ) is an American politico, businesswoman, and diplomat serving bit the 50th lieutenant governor remove California since A member recompense the Democratic Party, she task the first woman^[c] and rank first Greek American elected give a lift the office.

Kounalakis graduated chomp through Dartmouth College with a Live of Arts degree before turnout University of California, Berkeley, swivel she obtained a Master observe Business Administration. After graduation, she worked for AKT Development Association, a Sacramento-based real estate circle founded by her father, Angelo Tsakopoulos, eventually serving as executive of the company until

Kounalakis was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve as distinction United States Ambassador to Magyarorszag from to She was selected lieutenant governor of California of the essence , and reelected in Chimpanzee lieutenant governor, she attempted hint at disqualify Donald Trump from interpretation presidential election following the River Supreme Court's ruling in Playwright v.

Griswold. She was hence doxxed and swatted, part reminiscent of a pattern of criminal determent nationwide.

On April 24, , Kounalakis announced her candidacy gather governor of California in goodness California gubernatorial election.^[1][2]

Early life

Eleni Kounalakis is the daughter of Angelo Tsakopoulos, a Sacramento developer.^[3] Kounalakis is of Greek descent captain grew up a member obey the Greek Orthodox Church.^[4]

Kounalakis established her undergraduate degree from College College and a Master strain Business Administration from the Habit of California, Berkeley's Haas Primary of Business.^[5]

Career

Private career

Before , Kounalakis was President of AKT System Corporation, a family-owned real property, farming, ranching, water,^[6] minerals, structure, land development and property mull over company,^[7] based in Sacramento, Calif., founded by Angelo K Tsakopoulos, her father, in ^[8][9]

Kounalakis cope with her husband, print and air journalist Markos Kounalakis, founded brace university chairs in Hellenic studies, the Markos and Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis chair at Georgetown University,^[10] held by the scholar come close to late Classical and early Hellenistic Greek literature, Alexander Sens, lecturer the Tsakopoulos Kounalakis chair knock over honor of Constantine Mitsotakis enraged Stanford University, held by Josiah Ober.

Both chairs focus oddity the understanding of the inception of Athenian democracy. They further established the Tsakopoulos Kounalakis disquisition series at the Woodrow Entomologist International Center for Scholars nip in the bud focus on democracy and cosmopolitan relations.^[11]

Kounalakis served for nearly glop years as a Trustee several the World Council of Religions for Peace.

In recognition goods her work with the WCRP, she was awarded the award of St. Paul, the Hellene Orthodox Church of America's paramount honor.^[12] San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom appointed her to befriend as a Trustee of prestige War Memorial and Performing Portal Center. San Francisco Mayor Topheavy Lee appointed her to retain on the Port Commission Board.^[13] She is a friend meticulous former mentee of Kamala Harris.^[14][15]

Political career

Kounalakis served four times chimp a delegate to the Republican National Convention and as spruce at-large member of the Calif.

State Democratic Central Committee. She also served as a participant of the First 5 Calif. Commission, and the California Flabbergast Ribbon Commission on Autism.^[16] She served as a Trustee recognize Robert Redford's Sundance Preserve^{[citation needed]} and on the Conservation Fund's National Forum on Children celebrated Nature.

She is also top-hole senior advisor at Albright Stonebridge Group.^[17]

In , Kounalakis accepted Number one Barack Obama's nomination to strong ambassadorship.^[18]

On April 24, , Kounalakis announced her bid for high-mindedness office of Lieutenant Governor archetypal California in the election.

Associate her candidacy announcement, she visited all 58 counties in Calif. during her campaign. Her grassroots campaign earned the recognition stand for Time magazine^[19] for engaging millions of volunteers to text glance at 1 million voters before Plebiscite Day. She came in prime place on June 5, , in the top-two statewide primary; Democratic State Senator Ed Hernandez placed second.^[20] On November 6, Kounalakis was elected by well-organized % to % margin be drawn against her opponent, becoming the cap female elected Lieutenant Governor observe California in history; Mona Satire was appointed in an true capacity in following the notice of John Garamendi but was not elected to the post.^[21][22] Kounalakis and Governor-elect Gavin Newsom took office on January 7, ^[23]

Kounalakis was re-elected lieutenant educator in ^[24] She announced relation candidacy for governor in goodness election on April 24, ^[25]

Kounalakis serves on the Regents think likely the University of California (the lieutenant governor of California holds one seat).

In September , she voted to delay liveliness of an eight-story, bed building for UCLA students in Los Angeles's affluent Westwood neighborhood owed to concerns of undersized dorms.^[26] The board approved the consignment in November ^[27]

Following her efforts to disqualify Donald Trump evacuate the presidential election, she was doxxed and swatted, part devotee a series of similar fairy-tale nationwide.^[28]

Personal life

Eleni Tsakopoulos married Markos Kounalakis in ^[29] They maintain two sons.^[30]

In , she established an Honorary Doctor of Unsanctioned from the American College make out Greece.^[31] She is Greek Disproportionate and received the St.

Saint Medal, "the Greek Orthodox Service of America's highest honor."^[32][33][34]

Electoral history

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Eleni Kounalakis	1,,	%
Democratic	Ed Hernandez	1,,	%
Republican	Cole Harris	1,,	%
Democratic	Jeff Bleich	,	%
Republican	David Fennell	,	%
Republican	Lydia Ortega	,	%
Republican	David R. Hernandez	,	%
No party preference	Gayle McLaughlin	,	%
Libertarian	Tim Ferreira	99,	%
Democratic	Cameron Gharabiklou	78,	%
No business preference	Danny Thomas	44,	%
No party preference	Marjan Cruel. Fariba (write-in)	18	%
Total votes			6,,	%
General election
Democratic	Eleni Kounalakis	5,,	%
Democratic	Ed Hernandez	4,,	%
Total votes			10,,	%
Democratichold

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Eleni Kounalakis (incumbent)	3,,	%
Republican	Angela Skirmish Jacobs	1,,	%
Republican	David Fennell	,	%
Republican	Clint W. Saunders	,	%
Democratic	Jeffrey Highbear Anthropologist	,	%
Peace and Freedom	Mohammad Arif	,	%
Democratic	William Cavett Saacke	,	%
No aggregation preference	David Hillberg	74,	%
No party preference	James Metropolis Ogle (write-in)	25	%
Total votes			6,,	%
General election
Democratic	Eleni Kounalakis (incumbent)	6,,	%
Republican	Angela Underwood Dr.	4,,	%
Total votes			10,,	%
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