Alexandra Attalides | |
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Αλεξάνδρα Ατταλίδου | |
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| Leader of Volt Cyprus | |
| Assumed office 3 December 2023 | |
| Member of the Cypriot House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 2021 | |
| Constituency | Nicosia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 December 1958 |
| Party | Volt Cyprus KOSP (until 2023) |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | Free University of Brussels |
Alexandra Attalides (born 25 December 1958 in Kakopetria,Cyprus) is a Greek Cypriot politician. She has been a member of parliament for the constituency of Nicosia since 2021.
Alexandra Attalides was born in Kakopetria on Christmas Day 1958. [1] [2] She studied Communication and Public Relations ande received her Master's degree in European Management (MBA) from the Free University of Brussels, [2] a Diploma in Technical Analysis of Financial Markets,a Diploma in Tourism Studies and a Travel Guide Diploma. [2] She is an accredited member (Advanced) of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission. [2] She was Vice President of the Journalistic Ethics Committee and a member of the Council of the Mediterranean Institute for Social and Gender Studies. [2] She was Press Officer of the European Parliament Office in Cyprus in the period 2008-2020 and Deputy Head in the period 2013–2015. [2]
Attalides was elected as a member of parliament for the Nicosia constituency for the Movement of Ecologists –Citizens' Cooperation in the 2021 parliamentary elections for the 14th term. [2] [3] [1]
On 27 November 2023,Attalides announced that she had joined the Volt Europa movement and the newly founded Volt Cyprus party. [4] On 3 December 2023,she was elected co-chair of Volt together with Charilaos Velaris at the founding party conference of Volt. [5]
She is a founding member of the organisation Friends of Akamas and was also a member of the Women Come Back movement. [2]
Attalides is married and has a son. [7]