Aleka Papariga, Greek accountant and politician

Aleka Papariga

Greek politician (born 1945)

Alexandra "Aleka" Papariga is a Greek retired politician who served the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) as its General Secretary from 1991 to 2013. She is the first woman to be General Secretary of KKE, and thus the first woman to head a major political party in Greece.