List of female members of the European Parliament for Cyprus

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This is a list of women who have served as members of the European Parliament representing Cyprus .

Cyprus as of the 9th European Parliament, currently has no female members serving as MEPS for the first time since 2009. [1]

List of female members of the European Parliament for Cyprus

ImageNameNational partyEP GroupFirst electedYear left
Eleni Theocharous   Democratic Rally (2009-2014) [2]

  Solidarity Movement (2014-2019) [3]

  EPP (2009-2014) [4]

  ECR (2014-2019) [5]

2009 [2] 2019 [6]
Antigoni Papadopoulou Photo.jpg Antigoni Papadopoulou   Democratic Party   S&D 2009 [7] 2014 [8]
Eleni Stavrou   Democratic Rally   EPP 2022 (replaced Lefteris Christoforou) [9] 2024

Sources

  1. Andreou, Evie. "Lack of female MEPs indicates a 'serious democracy deficit' | Cyprus Mail". Cyprus Mail. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  2. 1 2 fm (2009-06-08). "Cyprus MEPs re-elected, two women get in, first socialist". Financial Mirror. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
  3. "Αποχώρησε από το ΔΗΣΥ η ευρωβουλευτής Ελένη Θεοχάρους". ProtoThema (in Greek). 2015-11-20. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
  4. "7th parliamentary term | Eleni THEOCHAROUS | MEPs | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
  5. "8th parliamentary term | Eleni THEOCHAROUS | MEPs | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
  6. "Ε. Θεοχάρους: Η Κύπρος έχασε μια πολύ καλή ευρωβουλεύτρια". Philenews (in Greek). Retrieved 2021-06-19.
  7. "7th parliamentary term | Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU | MEPs | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
  8. STAFF, FORMER. "MEPs pledge to better serve electorate | Cyprus Mail". Cyprus Mail. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
  9. Solutions, BDigital Web. "Ανακηρύχθηκε ευρωβουλευτής η Ελένη Σταύρου". Kathimerini.com.cy (in Greek). Retrieved 2024-06-10.

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