Maria Houkli

Maria Houkli is a Greek journalist and presenter. Houkli is the anchorwoman and the editor in chief of the central news program on the New Hellenic Television of the Greek public television.

Houkli was born in Serres , in northern Greece in 1964. She graduated from the University of Thessaloniki, and worked as a lawyer for two years. In 1987 she began her career on ERT3, worked on private TV channels and in 2000 returned to national television. She hosted a book show titled For a Place in the Library , and a show about the correct use of the Greek language, Speak Greek . In 2007, she hosted the political debate before the September elections. She also hosted three political debates in both spring and autumn 2009. Houkli had worked as a radio announcer. Houkli is the anchorwoman in the central news on the New Hellenic Television. She has received awards in Greece for her work, such as the TV News Journalist of the Year by Life amp Style magazine, the Botsis Award and several times the award of the public for the Best Female News Presenter in the Prosopa Greek Television Awards. In 2009, she participated in the TV show Great Greeks as a celebrity supporter of Georgios Papani

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