[1] Prior to her entry into a political career, she began working as a banker in 1986 for the National Bank of Greece.

[7] Few days before the 2007 legislative elections, Gennimata resigned as mayor to lead PASOK's regional candidacy, but the Supreme Court blocked this move as ruled that according to Article 57 of the Constitution of Greece, local government officials cannot stand for election as MPs until they have seen their term out.

[3] From September 2010 to November 2011, she served as an Alternate Minister of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs in the same cabinet.

[10] On 30 August 2015, together with the chairman of DIMAR Thanasis Theocharopoulos she announced that both parties would unite in a single candidacy called Democratic Alignment (DISI) for the September 2015 snap election and she would be the one to lead it.

[11] On 20 November 2017 Gennimata was elected as leader of Movement for Change with 56% of the vote, beating Nikos Androulakis.

[15] Her father, Georgios Gennimatas, was diagnosed with lung cancer in early 1992 and died on 25 April 1994 at age 54.

[18][19] The Greek parliament held a minute of silence and decided to suspend its sessions for one week to honor her.

[20] Gennimata's funeral was held on 27 October 2021 at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens; it was attended by Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Leader of the Opposition Alexis Tsipras.