What is Eleni Kounalakis?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Eleni Kounalakis | image = Eleni Kounalakis in 2021.jpg | office = 50th [[Lieutenant Governor of California]] | governor = [[Gavin Newsom]] | term_start = January 7, 2019 | term_end = | predecessor = Gavin Newsom | successor = | office1 = [[List of ambassadors of the United States to Hungary|United States Ambassador to Hungary]] | president1 = [[Barack Obama]] | term_start1 = January 11, 2010 | term_end1 = July 20, 2013 | predecessor1 = April Foley | successor1 = [[Colleen Bell]] | birth_name = Eleni Tsakopoulos | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|3|3}} | birth_place = [[Sacramento, California]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | spouse = [[Markos Kounalakis]] | relatives = [[Angelo Tsakopoulos]] (father)<br>[[George Tsakopoulos]] (uncle) | education = [[Dartmouth College]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}}<br>[[University of California, Berkeley]] {{small|([[Master of Business Administration|MBA]])}} }} '''Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis''' (born 1966) is an [[Americans|American]] [[politician]], [[Diplomacy|diplomat]] and [[Businessperson|businesswoman]]. Since 2019, she has been the 50th [[Lieutenant Governor of California|lieutenant governor of California]] under [[Governor of California|Governor]] [[Gavin Newsom]]. Before becoming lieutenant governor, she was the [[List of ambassadors of the United States to Hungary|United States ambassador to Hungary]] from 2010 to 2013 under [[Barack Obama|President Barack Obama]]. On April 24, 2017, Kounalakis announced her bid for the office of lieutenant governor in the [[2018 California gubernatorial election|2018 election]] and came in first place in the June 2018 primary election, followed closely by State Senator [[Ed Hernandez]].<r