Announcement regarding the secondment of his wife to the Permanent Greek Representation to the European Union was issued by the PASOK MEP following a report by the newspaper Dimokratia. In it he states:
Theodora Aivazoglou is an accomplished economist, a graduate in Economics from the University of Athens and the LSE, with high specialization and many years of experience in public administration.
Her secondment was carried out lawfully, following an official invitation from the Permanent Greek Representation (MEPR) itself, with protocol number 8002/22.12.2025, to cover urgent staffing needs of the Economic Policy Unit and with only the remuneration provided for seconded employees.
The invitation was issued due to the increased and critical workload faced by the MEPR in 2026, amid crucial negotiations for the new Multiannual Financial Framework 2028-2034 and Greece's participation in matters of the European budget, economic governance and fiscal policy.
The MEPR itself requested the immediate reinforcement of the Economics Unit with specialized personnel, and Theodora Aivazoglou, together with one more specialized official from the Ministry of Finance, was selected on the basis of her absolutely necessary formal and substantive qualifications, through the prescribed procedures of the competent Ministries. A Joint Ministerial Decision (JMD) was issued and published. It was also duly published on DIAVGEIA, contrary to what is falsely being written.
The CV of Theodora Aivazoglou
Theodora Aivazoglou is a graduate of the Department of Economics of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and holder of a Master's degree in decision science and operational research from the leading university of economic sciences, the London School of Economics.
After her graduation she worked in the private sector in London and Athens and took charge of SEV's Competitiveness Observatory. Following success in an ASEP competition, she was appointed in 2004 to the Ministry of Finance and today has 22 years of professional experience in the Ministries of Economy and Finance and in the Independent Authority for Public Revenue.
She has served in key executive positions, such as in the Directorate of Audits, the Directorate of Operational Planning and the Directorate of Collections. She has participated as a representative of the Greek tax administration in European working groups and projects of the Fiscalis programme, concerning tax risk management, tax compliance in the digital age, risk analysis, audit targeting and the management of overdue debts.
She has also served as a member of the Committee for the Out-of-Court Settlement of Tax Disputes. In November 2025 she was selected by the European Commission as a National Expert; however, she preferred to respond to the invitation of the MEPR in order to assist Greece in view of the difficult technical negotiations. She speaks 3 languages.
I am proud that my wife strives, alongside such a demanding professional activity, to be at the same time the amazing mother of our three children and a rare partner. At a time when women are called upon to prove every day that they can manage everything, Dora is a role model. This is not self-evident. It is the result of strength, organization and determination.
It is sad and revealing that women like Dora become the target of men with fake degrees or nonexistent qualifications, who for years were paid by the state because, according to their own statement, they were "handsome", and who judge others by their own standards.
We were not, we are not, and we are not going to become all the same.