Varnava, George

Name: Hon. George Varnava

Years active: 2001

Party: Movement Of Social Democrats Edek (Ks Edek)

Constituency: Famagusta Constituency,

Roles

Is:

• Spokesman of the KS EDEK group in the House.
• Member of the Committee of Selection.
• Chairman of the House Standing Committee on Defence Affairs.
• Member of the House Standing Committee on Educational Affairs, of the House Standing Committee on Refugees-Enclaved-Missing-Adversely Affected Persons, of the House Standing *Committee on Trade and Industry and deputy member of the Special House Committee on Declaration and Examination of Financial Interests.
• Member of the delegation of the House to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and of the delegation of the House to the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (IAO).
• Member of the delegation of the House to the Interparliamentary Conference for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and the Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP).

Education

He studied Russian and English Literature and he got a MA in Education from The Pyatigorsk State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages, Russia.

History

Representative of Famagusta constituency under the banner of the Social Democratic Movement (KISOS) 2001-2003 and under the banner of the KS EDEK since 2003.

• Famagusta District Secretary of the Socialist Youth Organisation EDEN (SN EDEN) (1997-2000).
• Member of the Central Council of the SN EDEN, then of the Social Democratic Youth (NEOS).
• Observer to the European Parliament (2003-2004) and member of the Political Group and of the Political Bureau of the European People’s Party.
• Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament (2003-2004).
• President of the Famagusta District Committee of KISOS/KS EDEK (2000-2008).
• Member of the KS EDEK Central Committee and of the KS EDEK Political Bureau.

External Links and References

• www.parliament.cy - George Varnava MP