EleniTheocharous

General Data

 * Born on 24 June 1953, Amiantos
 * Country: Cyprus
 * Political Group: Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) (PPE) Party: Dimokratikos Synagermos

 Bâtiment Altiero Spinelli 08E246 60, rue Wiertz, 1047 Bruxelles Tel.: [callto://+3222845293 +32 2 28 45 293]/[callto://+3222847293 +32 2 28 47 293] Fax: +32 2 28 49 293 Bâtiment Louise Weiss T10036 1, avenue du Président Robert Schuman - CS 91024, 67070 Strasbourg Cedex Tel.: [callto://+33388175293 +33 3 88 175 293]/[callto://+33388177293 +33 3 88 177 293] Fax: +33 3 88 179 293
 * Parlement européen
 * Parlement européen


 * Email: [mailto:eleni.theocharous@europarl.europa.eu 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

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

Positions
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