Eleni Theocharous is a Cypriot paediatric surgeon and politician who leads the political party Solidarity Movement.
15 Facts About Eleni Theocharous
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Eleni Theocharous was elected to the European Parliament in 2009, re-elected in 2014 and served until 2019.
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Between 2001 and 2009, Theocharous was a member House of Representatives of Cyprus for the Limassol constituency.
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Eleni Theocharous was deputy chairwoman of the House Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and of the House Standing Committee on Health Affairs.
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Eleni Theocharous is currently a chairwoman of the House Standing Committee on Health Affairs and a member of the House Standing Committee on the Environment, of the House Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and of the House Standing Committee on Human Rights.
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Eleni Theocharous is a member of the delegation of the House to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.
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Mere months before the 2016 legislative election, Eleni Theocharous launched a splinter party, in opposition to President Anastasiades' approach to the Cyprus issue.
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Eleni Theocharous advocated for tighter co-operation with other Greek-Cypriot nationalist groups, particularly DIKO and EDEK.
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On 26 May 2019, Eleni Theocharous lost her seat as MEP in the 2019 European Parliament election.
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Eleni Theocharous was a member of the High Directorate of the "Medecins du Monde" international organisation and director of medical, environmental and provisionary projects of the International Aid Fund in Brussels.
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Eleni Theocharous is honorary president of the "Medecins du Monde - Cyprus" organization and a member of the Permanent Committee of the United Nations for the Promotion of Co-operation between Palestinian and Israeli Doctors.
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Eleni Theocharous is a member of the executive committee of the International Union of Parliamentarians for the Defence of the Palestinian Cause.
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Eleni Theocharous has been awarded the Gold Medal of Honour of Nagorno-Karabakh, the Gold Medal of the Democritus University of Thrace and the All Balkan Award of the Vardinoyiannis Foundation.
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Eleni Theocharous has received the First State Award for Poetry twice.
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Eleni Theocharous has received the "Margarette Golding" award of the Lions International and the "Paul Harris Fellow" title of the Rotary International, as well as various other awards.