EleniTheocharous

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Political Memory: Eleni THEOCHAROUS, MEP

{{#icon:EleniTheocharous.jpg|Eleni THEOCHAROUS}}

General Data

• Born on 24 June 1953, Amiantos
• Country: {{#icon:CY.png|Cyprus||MEPs_CY}} Cyprus
• Political Group: {{#icon:PPE.png|PPE||MEPs_PPE}} Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) (PPE)
  Party: Dimokratikos Synagermos

Contact {{#icon:Click_to_call_now.png|+32 2 28 45 293||callto://+3222845293}} Parlement européen Bâtiment Altiero Spinelli 08E246 60, rue Wiertz, 1047 Bruxelles Tel.: +32 2 28 45 293/+32 2 28 47 293 Fax: +32 2 28 49 293 Parlement européen Bâtiment Louise Weiss T10036 1, avenue du Président Robert Schuman - CS 91024, 67070 Strasbourg Cedex Tel.: +33 3 88 175 293/+33 3 88 177 293 Fax: +33 3 88 179 293 Email: eleni.theocharous(at)europarl.europa.eu Page on European Parliament website: www.europarl.europa.eu/members/expert/alphaOrder/view.do?language=EN&id=25704

Functions in European Parliament

• Committee on Development (Member)
• Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (Member)
• Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (Substitute)
• Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (Substitute)
• Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (Substitute)

Curriculum Vitae

• Degree in Medicine at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1977)
• Specialist Degree in Surgery (1983)
• Specialist Degree in Paediatric Surgery (1987)
• Studied at the Faculty of Philosophy of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1978-1983)
• PhD (1989)
• Post-doctoral studies in Paediatric Urology (1989-1992)
• Director of the Paediatric Surgery-Paediatric Urology Clinic of the Nicosia Children's Hospital (1992-2001)
• Professor of Paediatric Surgery at the Department of Medicine of the Democritus University, Greece (1992-2001)
• Visiting Professor at the University of Cyprus (1995-1999)
• Democratic Rally (DISY) candidate for the office of Mayor of Limassol (2006)
• Member of the Cypriot House of Representatives - DISY Deputy for Limassol (2001-2006)
• Deputy Chair of the Committee on Health Affairs
• Deputy Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs
• Member of the Committee on Human Rights
• Member of the Committee on the Environment
• Member of the Committee on Employment
• Member of the Committee on the Cyprus File
• Member of the Cyprus House of Representatives - DISY Deputy for Limassol (2006-2009)
• Chair of the Committee on Health Affairs
• Member of the Committees on Foreign Affairs, the Environment and Human Rights
• Party Health Spokesperson (Shadow Health Minister 2001-2009)
• Cypriot parliamentary representative at the OSCE (2001-2006)
• Candidate for the post of Chair of the Third OSCE Committee - Human Rights (2005)
• Cypriot parliamentary representative at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (2004-2009)
• Member of the Steering Committee of the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (2005-2007)
• Member of the AWEPA and the IPPF
• Member of international voluntary non-governmental organisations providing medical, environmental and humanitarian aid in stricken areas
• Voluntary surgeon in war zones and civil war zones in Nagorno-Karabakh, Bosnia, Albania, Kosovo, Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine (in particular the Gaza Strip), southern Lebanon, Ossetia, Ajara and Abkhazia and Kurdistan
• Volunteer worker in areas stricken by natural disasters and humanitarian crises in Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Ghana, Uganda, Kyrghistan, Kazakhstan, Usbekistan, Tajikistan
• The Komi Republic (in the Russian Federation), China, Inner Mongolia, Nauru, the Solomon Islands, Kiribati, the South Pacific, Chile, Argentina and Haiti
• Writer and poet
• Has published five poetry collections
• Gold Medal of Honour of Nagorno-Karabakh (1994)
• Gold Medal of Honour of Nagorno-Karabakh (1996)
• All-Balkan Award of the Vardinoyiannis Foundation and Gold Medal of the Democritus University of Thrace
• Street named after her in Bosnia
• 'Paul Harris Fellow' title
• 'Margaret Goldwin award'
• First State award for poetry, Cyprus (1991)
• First State award for poetry, Cyprus (2000)
• Many other international awards

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Votes

• 24/11/2010 - Resolution on Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) 25.5/100
• 22/09/2010 - Rapport Gallo on enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market 12.5/100

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Opinions

Sources

• Written questions at European Parliament
• Proposals for a resolution at European Parliament
• Reports at European Parliament
• Opinions at European Parliament
• Speeches in plenary at European Parliament
• Written declarations in European Parliament
• Wikipedia
• Google

Positions

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