Eleni Theocharous
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| Member of the European Parliament for Cyprus |
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Assumed office 2014 |
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In office 2009–2014 |
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| Member of the Cypriot Parliament for Limassol |
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In office 2006–2009 |
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In office 2001–2006 |
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24 June 1953 Amiantos, Cyprus |
| Political party | Solidarity Movement (Cyprus) |
| Other political affiliations |
Democratic Rally (-2015) |
| Profession | Pediatric surgeon |
| Website | www |
Eleni Theocharous (Greek: Ελένη Θεοχάρους; born 24 June 1953) is a Cypriot pediatric surgeon and politician who is a member of the party Solidarity Movement (Cyprus). She was elected to the European Parliament in 2009 and re-elected in 2014. Between 2001 and 2009, Theocharous was a member House of Representatives of Cyprus for the Limassol constituency.
Theocharous was born in Amiantos in 1953. She received her degree from the Faculties of Medicine and Philosophy of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and continued to postgraduate studies in paediatric surgery in Manchester and Paris. She received her Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree from the Democritus University of Thrace and later continued postdoctoral studies in Boston (B.C.E.T.S.). She is a member of the American Trauma Academy.
At the parliamentary elections of 27 May 2001 she was elected Member of the House of Representatives standing as a DISY candidate in Limassol and was re-elected at the parliamentary elections of 21 May 2006. She was deputy chairwoman of the House Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and of the House Standing Committee on Health Affairs. She 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. She is also a member of the delegation of the House to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. In 2003 she was appointed by the House as observer to the European Parliament, where she was a member of the Political Group of the European People's Party.
Mere months before the 2016 legislative election, Theocharous launched a splinter party, in opposition to Anastasiades' approach to the Cyprus issue. She advocated for tighter co-operation with other Greek-Cypriot nationalist groups, particularly DIKO and EDEK. The new party was dubbed the Solidarity Movement. As of March 8 2016, she is a member of the European Conservatives and Reformists. On 11 March 2016, it was announced that EVROKO would merge into the new party, placing its candidates on its lists in the upcoming elections.
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