Eleni THEOCHAROUS

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Constituencies

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Independent Cyprus 2015/11/26 - 2019/07/01
Democratic Rally Cyprus 2014/07/01 - 2015/11/25
Democratic Rally Cyprus 2009/07/14 - 2014/06/30
Dimocraticos Synagermos Cyprus 2003/10/06 - 2003/11/30

Groups

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PPE-DE Observer Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats 2003/10/06 - 2003/11/30
PPE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) 2009/07/14 - 2013/05/21
PPE Member of the Bureau Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) 2013/05/22 - 2014/06/30
PPE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) 2014/07/01 - 2016/03/07
ECR Member European Conservatives and Reformists Group 2016/03/08 - 2016/03/08
ECR Member of the Bureau European Conservatives and Reformists Group 2016/03/09 - 2016/12/12
ECR Member of the Bureau European Conservatives and Reformists Group 2016/12/13 - 2017/01/15
ECR Member of the Bureau European Conservatives and Reformists Group 2017/01/16 - 2017/02/08
ECR Member of the Bureau European Conservatives and Reformists Group 2017/02/09 - 2018/01/07
ECR Member of the Bureau European Conservatives and Reformists Group 2018/01/08 - 2018/07/03
ECR Member of the Bureau European Conservatives and Reformists Group 2018/07/04 - 2019/07/01

Committees

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Role	Committee	Start	End
Observer of	Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs	2003/10/09	2003/11/30
Member of	Committee on Development	2009/07/16	2012/01/18
Substitute of	Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety	2009/07/16	2012/01/18
Substitute of	Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality	2009/09/02	2012/01/18
Member of	Committee on Development	2012/01/19	2013/03/12
Substitute of	Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality	2012/01/19	2014/06/30
Substitute of	Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety	2012/01/19	2014/06/30
Member of	Committee on Foreign Affairs	2013/03/13	2014/06/30
Substitute of	Committee on Regional Development	2014/07/01	2014/10/05
Member of	Committee on Foreign Affairs	2014/07/01	2016/03/08
Member of	Committee on Petitions	2014/07/01	2017/01/18
Substitute of	Committee on Development	2014/10/06	2016/03/07
Member of	Committee on Development	2016/03/09	2017/01/18
Substitute of	Committee on Foreign Affairs	2016/03/09	2017/01/18
Member of	Committee on Development	2017/01/19	2019/07/01
Substitute of	Committee on Foreign Affairs	2017/01/19	2019/07/01
Member of	Committee on Petitions	2017/01/19	2019/07/01

Delegations

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Role	Delegation	Start	End
Substitute of	Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly	2009/09/16	2014/06/30
Member of	Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee	2009/09/16	2014/06/30
Member of	Delegation to the Cariforum — EU Parliamentary Committee	2010/06/16	2010/09/07
Vice-Chair of	Delegation to the Cariforum — EU Parliamentary Committee	2010/09/08	2014/06/30
Substitute of	Delegation to the EU-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee	2014/07/14	2014/09/30
Member of	Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee	2014/07/14	2019/07/01
Substitute of	Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly	2014/10/01	2016/03/07
Substitute of	Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly	2016/05/10	2019/07/01

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Rapporteur

Type	Dossier	Committee	Title
Joint Responsible Committee	2018/2279(INI)	['DEVE', 'ENVI']	Annual strategic report on the implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Responsible Committee Shadow	2018/2147(INI)	AFET Foreign Affairs	2018 Commission report on Albania
Responsible Committee Shadow	2018/2081(INI)	DEVE Development	EU development assistance in the field of education
Opinion Committee Shadow	2018/0291(NLE)	DEVE Development	EC/Pacific States Interim Partnership Agreement: accession of Samoa
Committee Opinion	2018/0267M(NLE)	DEVE Development	EC/Côte d'Ivoire Fisheries Partnership Agreement: implementation of the Agreement 2018-2024
Committee Opinion	2018/0267(NLE)	DEVE Development	EC/Côte d’Ivoire Fisheries Partnership Agreement: implementation of the Agreement 2018-2024. Protocol
Opinion Committee Shadow	2018/0248(COD)	DEVE Development	Asylum and Migration Fund 2021–2027
Former Committee Opinion	2018/0230(COD)	DEVE Development	European solidarity corps programme 2021–2027
Former Committee Opinion	2018/0199(COD)	DEVE Development	Specific provisions for European territorial cooperation goal (Interreg) supported by European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and external financing instruments 2021–2027
Opinion Committee Shadow	2018/0191(COD)	DEVE Development	Erasmus programme for education, training, youth and sport 2021–2027
Responsible Committee Shadow	2017/2594(RSP)	DEVE Development	Resilience as a strategic priority of the EU external action
Responsible Committee Shadow	2017/2586(RSP)	DEVE Development	New European consensus on development - our world, our dignity, our future
Responsible Committee Shadow	2017/2258(INI)	DEVE Development	Implementation of the development cooperation instrument, the humanitarian aid instrument and the European development fund
Opinion Committee Shadow	2017/2206(INI)	DEVE Development	Violation of the rights of indigenous peoples in the world, including land grabbing
Responsible Committee Shadow	2017/2083(INI)	DEVE Development	EU-Africa strategy: a boost for development
Opinion Committee Shadow	2017/2028(INI)	DEVE Development	Corruption and human rights in third countries
Opinion Committee Shadow	2017/2015(INI)	DEVE Development	Gender equality in EU trade agreements
Joint Responsible Committee Shadow	2017/2012(INI)	['DEVE', 'FEMM']	Gender equality and women's empowerment: transforming the lives of girls and women through EU external relations 2016-2020
Opinion Committee Shadow	2017/2009(INI)	DEVE Development	EU action for sustainability
Responsible Committee Shadow	2016/2324(INI)	DEVE Development	Addressing shrinking civil society space in developing countries
Opinion Committee Shadow	2016/2219(INI)	DEVE Development	Annual report on human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter 2015
Responsible Committee Shadow	2016/2094(INI)	DEVE Development	Revision of the European consensus on development
Opinion Committee Shadow	2016/2057(INI)	DEVE Development	EU options for improving access to medicines
Opinion Committee Shadow	2015/2137(INI)	DEVE Development	Mid-term review of the EU's biodiversity strategy
Responsible Committee	2015/2004(INI)	DEVE Development	Role of local authorities in developing countries in development cooperation
Opinion Committee Shadow	2012/2065(INI)	ENVI Environment, Public Health and Food Safety	Asbestos related occupational health threats and prospects for abolishing all existing asbestos
Opinion Committee Shadow	2010/0310M(NLE)	DEVE Development	Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and Iraq
Responsible Committee	2009/2171(INI)	DEVE Development	Poverty reduction and job creation in developing countries: the way forward

Activities

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Amendment Co-authors

Name	Group	Country	Ams
Lefteris CHRISTOFOROU	PPE	Cyprus	40
Costas MAVRIDES	S&D	Cyprus	38
Demetris PAPADAKIS	S&D	Cyprus	37
Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS	GUE/NGL	Cyprus	25
Takis HADJIGEORGIOU	GUE/NGL	Cyprus	23
Renate SOMMER	PPE	Germany	21
Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET	PPE	Spain	17
Emmanouil KEFALOGIANNIS	PPE	Greece	16
Bernd LUCKE	ECR	Germany	11
Nirj DEVA	ECR	United Kingdom	9
Kyriakos MAVRONIKOLAS	S&D	Cyprus	9
Timothy Charles Ayrton TANNOCK	ECR	United Kingdom	8
Alfred SANT	S&D	Malta	7
Anders VISTISEN	ECR	Denmark	6
Sofia SAKORAFA	GUE/NGL	Greece	6
Bogusław SONIK	PPE	Poland	6
Pilar AYUSO	PPE	Spain	6
José Inácio FARIA	PPE	Portugal	6
Angélique DELAHAYE	PPE	France	5
Christophe HANSEN	PPE	Luxembourg	5
Nikolaos SALAVRAKOS	EFD	Greece	4
Niki TZAVELA	EFD	Greece	4
Michèle RIVASI	Verts/ALE	France	4
Marie-Christine VERGIAT	GUE/NGL	France	4
Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES	GUE/NGL	Cyprus	3
Anders SELLSTRÖM	PPE	Sweden	3
Marek JUREK	ECR	Poland	3
Georgios KYRTSOS	PPE	Greece	3
Maria SPYRAKI	PPE	Greece	3
Theodoros ZAGORAKIS	PPE	Greece	3
Marietta GIANNAKOU	PPE	Greece	2
Salvatore TATARELLA	PPE	Italy	2
Fabio Massimo CASTALDO	EFDD	Italy	2
Gay MITCHELL	PPE	Ireland	1
Charles GOERENS	ALDE	Luxembourg	1
Thijs BERMAN	S&D	Netherlands	1
Filip KACZMAREK	PPE	Poland	1
Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ	PPE	Spain	1
Maurice PONGA	PPE	France	1
Barbara MATERA	PPE	Italy	1
József NAGY	PPE	Slovakia	1

By types

Amendments (562)
Institutional motions (6)
Opinions (4)
Oral questions (1)
Plenary speeches (107)
Reports (3)
Shadow opinions (12)
Shadow reports (9)
Written declarations (7)
Written explanations (21)
Written questions (50)

By dossiers

Count	Dossier Reference	Title
39	2011/0406(COD)	Financing instrument for development cooperation 2014-2020
38	2016/2094(INI)	Revision of the European consensus on development
36	2018/2279(INI)	Annual strategic report on the implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
31	2016/2031(INI)	Towards a new trade framework between the EU and Turkey and the modernisation of the the customs union
27	2013/2945(RSP)	Resolution on the 2013 progress report on Turkey
22	2012/2870(RSP)	Resolution on the 2012 progress report on Turkey
18	2012/0366(COD)	Tobacco and related products: manufacture, presentation and sale
18	2016/2308(INI)	2016 Commission report on Turkey
18	2015/2342(INI)	Addressing refugee and migrant movements: the role of EU External Action
15	2016/2324(INI)	Addressing shrinking civil society space in developing countries
14	2018/2150(INI)	2018 Commission report on Turkey
14	2017/2083(INI)	EU-Africa strategy: a boost for development
13	2009/2171(INI)	Poverty reduction and job creation in developing countries: the way forward
12	2017/2258(INI)	Implementation of the development cooperation instrument, the humanitarian aid instrument and the European development fund
11	2016/2312(INI)	2016 Commission report on Albania
11	2015/2137(INI)	Mid-term review of the EU's biodiversity strategy
10	2018/0243(COD)	Neighbourhood, development and international cooperation instrument 2021–2027
10	2017/2012(INI)	Gender equality and women's empowerment: transforming the lives of girls and women through EU external relations 2016-2020
10	2017/2009(INI)	EU action for sustainability
10	2017/2594(RSP)	Resilience as a strategic priority of the EU external action
10	2016/2219(INI)	Annual report on human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter 2015
9	2012/2107(DEC)	Special report 6/2012 (2011 discharge): European Union Assistance to the Turkish Cypriot Community
9	2011/0190(COD)	Prevention of pollution from ships: sulphur content of marine fuels
9	2016/2301(INI)	Impact of international trade and the EU’s trade policies on global value chains
8	2016/2139(INI)	Increasing the effectiveness of development cooperation
8	2016/2096(INI)	Promoting gender equality in mental health and clinical research
8	2016/2076(INI)	EU action plan against wildlife trafficking
7	2018/0230(COD)	European solidarity corps programme 2021–2027
7	2016/2057(INI)	EU options for improving access to medicines
7	2015/0009(COD)	European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI)
6	2012/2025(INI)	Enlargement: policies, criteria and EU's strategic interests
6	2012/2143(INI)	UN principle of the 'Responsibility to Protect' (R2P). Recommandation to the Council
6	2013/2277(INI)	Enquiry report on the role and operations of the Troika (ECB, Commission and IMF) with regard to the euro area programme countries
6	2012/2065(INI)	Asbestos related occupational health threats and prospects for abolishing all existing asbestos
6	2016/2314(INI)	2016 Commission report on Kosovo
5	2011/0276(COD)	Common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund; general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
5	2015/2095(INI)	Situation in the Mediterranean and need for a holistic EU approach to migration
5	2014/2219(INI)	Annual report from the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to the European Parliament
5	2016/2140(INI)	EU flagship initiative on the garment sector
5	2016/2047(BUD)	2017 general budget: all sections
5	2015/2010(INL)	Bringing transparency, coordination and convergence to corporate tax policies in the Union
4	2011/0401(COD)	Horizon 2020 framework programme for research and innovation 2014-2020
4	2011/0411(COD)	Partnership instrument for cooperation with third countries 2014-2020
4	2011/2198(INI)	Women's situation in war
4	2011/0275(COD)	European Regional Development Fund (ERDF): support to the Investment for growth and jobs goal, 2014-2020
4	2018/2159(INI)	Building EU capacity on conflict prevention and mediation
4	2016/0281(COD)	European Fund for Sustainable Development (EFSD), EFSD Guarantee and EFSD Guarantee Fund
3	2011/0412(COD)	Financing instrument for democracy and human rights worldwide (2014-2020)
3	2018/2116(INI)	Scope and mandate for EU Special Representatives. Recommendation to the Vice President/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
3	2018/2097(INI)	Annual report on the implementation of the common foreign and security policy
3	2017/2056(INI)	Negotiations on the EU-Azerbaijan Comprehensive Agreement. Recommendations to the Council, the Commission and the EEAS
3	2016/2053(INI)	Future of ACP-EU relations beyond 2020
3	2014/2817(INI)	Conclusion of an EU/Moldova association agreement
3	2018/2081(INI)	EU development assistance in the field of education
3	2017/2028(INI)	Corruption and human rights in third countries
3	2015/2004(INI)	Role of local authorities in developing countries in development cooperation
3	2015/2551(RSP)	Resolution on mass graves of the missing persons of Ashia in Ornithi village in the occupied part of Cyprus
2	2013/2149(INI)	Assessing and setting priorities for EU relations with the eastern partnership countries
2	2010/2300(INI)	Future of EU budget support to developing countries
2	2010/2269(INI)	Migration flows arising from instability: scope and role of the EU foreign policy
2	2011/0273(COD)	European Regional Development Fund (ERDF): support to the European territorial cooperation goal 2014-2020
2	2011/2066(INI)	2020 perspective for women in Turkey
2	2017/2269(INI)	EU/Euratom/Armenia Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement
2	2017/2130(INI)	Eastern partnership, in the run-up to the November 2017 summit. Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the EEAS
2	2016/0030(COD)	Measures to safeguard the security of gas supply
2	2018/0291(NLE)	EC/Pacific States Interim Partnership Agreement: accession of Samoa
2	2018/2147(INI)	2018 Commission report on Albania
2	2014/2951(RSP)	Resolution on the 2014 progress report on Albania
2	2011/2889(RSP)	Resolution on the 2011 progress report on Turkey
2	2016/2662(RSP)	Resolution on attacks on hospitals and schools as violations of international humanitarian law
1	2013/2081(INI)	Common foreign and security policy in 2012. Annual report from the Council to the European Parliament
1	2012/2318(INI)	Maritime dimension of the common security and defence policy
1	2010/2071(INI)	Civilian-military cooperation and the development of civilian-military capabilities
1	2012/2102(INI)	Situation of women in North Africa
1	2011/2019(BUD)	2012 budget: mandate for the trilogue
1	2010/2205(INI)	External dimension of social policy, promoting labour and social standards and the European Corporate Social Responsibility
1	2009/2150(INI)	Effects of the global financial and economic crisis on developing countries and on development cooperation
1	2016/2036(INI)	Implementation of the common foreign and security policy
1	2014/2216(INI)	Annual report on human rights and democracy in the world 2013 and the European Union’s policy on the matter
1	2015/2132(BUD)	2016 general budget: all sections
1	2014/2254(INI)	Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union (2013-2014)
1	2018/2634(RSP)	Resolution on the upcoming negotiations for a new partnership agreement between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States
1	2017/2256(INI)	Annual report on the functioning of the Schengen area
1	2018/2542(RSP)	Conflict minerals accompanying measures
1	2017/2586(RSP)	New European consensus on development - our world, our dignity, our future
1	2015/2110(INI)	Fight against corruption and follow-up of the CRIM committee resolution
1	2015/2316(INI)	Human rights and migration in third countries
1	2015/2315(INI)	Corporate liability for serious human rights abuses in third countries
1	2015/2254(INL)	Establishment of an EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights
1	2016/2773(RSP)	Resolution on the strategic priorities for the Commission Work Programme 2017
1	2013/0420(NLE)	EU/Azerbaijan Framework Agreement: general principles for the participation of Azerbaijan in Union programmes. Protocol to the EC/Azerbaijan Partnership and Cooperation Agreement
1	2016/2038(INI)	Tax rulings and other measures similar in nature or effect
1	2015/2321(INI)	Refugees: social inclusion and integration into the labour market
1	2015/2340(INI)	Fight against trafficking in human beings in the EU's external relations
1	2015/2898(RSP)	Resolution on the 2015 report on Turkey
1	2014/2948(RSP)	Resolution on the 2014 progress report on the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
1	2014/2949(RSP)	Resolution on the 2014 progress report on Serbia
1	2011/2599(RSP)	Resolution on the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries
1	2010/2996(RSP)	Resolution on Turkey's 2010 progress report
1	2011/2521(RSP)	Resolution on the situation of Christians in the context of freedom of religion
1	2009/2158(INI)	Europeana - next steps
1	2009/2768(RSP)	Resolution on the 2009 progress report on the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
1	2018/0244(CNS)	Association of the overseas countries and territories with the EU including EU/Greenland/Denmark relations 2021–2027
1	2018/0248(COD)	Asylum and Migration Fund 2021–2027
1	2018/0191(COD)	Erasmus programme for education, training, youth and sport 2021–2027
1	2010/0310M(NLE)	Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and Iraq
1	2017/2206(INI)	Violation of the rights of indigenous peoples in the world, including land grabbing
1	2017/2015(INI)	Gender equality in EU trade agreements
1	2018/2670(RSP)	Resolution on the violation of human rights and the rule of law in the case of two Greek soldiers arrested and detained in Turkey
1	2015/2973(RSP)	Resolution on the situation in Burundi

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CV/0	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).
CV/1	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).
CV/2	Democratic Rally (DISY) candidate for the office of Mayor of Limassol (2006).
CV/3	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.
CV/4	Party Health Spokesperson (Shadow Health Minister 2001-2009).
CV/5	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.
CV/6	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.
CV/7	Writer and poet; has published five poetry collections;
CV/8	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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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.