Kyriakides, Stella
Name: Hon. Stella Kyriakides
Years active: 2006-
Party: Democratic Rally
Constituency: The Nicosia Constituency
Roles
Was:
- Deputy Chairwoman of the House Standing Committee on Health Affairs.
Is:
- Deputy Chairwoman of the House Standing Committee on Health Affairs.
- Member of the House Standing Committee on Human Rights and on Equal Opportunities for Men and Women and since April 2013 of the House Standing Committee on the Environment.
- Leader of the delegation of the House to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
Education
Stella Kyriakides graduated in Psychology (University of Reading, United Kingdom), she got a MA in Psychology (University of Manchester, United Kingdom) and Child Psychology (Institute of Psychiatry in London). She held seminars and training courses on the psychological effects of cancer and leukaemia on children and adolescents, on violence in the family, on learning disabilities on children and on liaison psychiatry in general childrens’ hospital and she is a trainer on breast cancer patients’ matters and patients’ rights in european organisations.
History
Stella Kyriakides is a representative of Nicosia constituency under the banner of DISY since 2006.
Political career:
- President of the Europa Donna European Breast Cancer Coalition (2004-2006).
- President of the Europa Donna Cyprus Breast Cancer Forum since 2000.
- Member of the DISY Political Bureau and of the DISY Supreme Council since 2006.
- DISY Commissioner for Family and Juvenile Deliquency Affairs since 2008.
- DISY Commissioner for Health Affairs since 2009.
- Chairwoman of the Patient Advisory Committee (PAC) of the European Cancer Organisation (2010-2012).
- Vice-president of DISY since May 2013.
