Theano Fotiou (Greek: Θεανώ Φωτίου; born 10 May 1946 in Athens) is a Greek architect and politician of the Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza). From January 2015 to July 2019, she served as Alternate Minister of Social Solidarity in the First and Second Tsipras Cabinets.

Born in 1946 in Athens, Fotiou studied architecture at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) graduating in 1969.

Since 1972, she has taught architecture at the NTUA School of Architecture. She has also been a visiting professor at the Royal College of Art, The Bartlett, London and Barcelona Architecture School.^[1] In 1980, she received a second postgraduate degree in urban planning at Paris X University Nanterre. She is co-founder of the European Design Age Network aiming at design for the elderly.

Since the May 2012 elections, Fotiou has been a Member of the Hellenic Parliament on Syriza's state list. Together with Tasos Kourakis she was nominated for the post of education minister in Syriza's Shadow Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras.^[4] After the January 2015 legislative election, Fotiou however was appointed Alternate Minister of Social Solidarity.^[5] In the Hellenic Parliament, she currently represents the Athens B constituency.

• Theano Fotiou; Aleka Monemvasitou; Maria Kafritsa; Agni Papaloannou (2011). "Lavrion Technological Cultural Park: 1992-2010. Re-using the Past in Order to Design the Present". In Babalis, Dimitra (ed.). Chronocity: Sensitive Interventions in Historic Environment. Florence: Alinea Editrice. p. 27. ISBN 978-88-6055-618-9.
• Theano Fotiou; Konstantina Demiri; Argyro Moungolia, eds. (2007). Diploma Projects 2002+2003: School of Architecture. National Technical University of Athens Press. ISBN 978-960-254-668-0.
• Theano Fotiou; Konstantina Demiri; Grigoris Kalnis; et al., eds. (2004). Diploma Projects 2001: School of Architecture. National Technical University of Athens Press. ISBN 960-254-639-5.