Stella Kyriakides

Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, including Europe's Beating Cancer Plan and ensuring Europe's access to affordable affordable medicines to meet its needs. Prior to becoming Commissioner on 1 December 2019, she was elected to the House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus in 2006 in 2011 and 2016 representing the Democratic Rally Party, of which she was the vice-president. She was also the chair of the committee on human rights and equal opportunities for men and women. Previously, she served as president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), after being appointed head of the Cyprus Delegation to the PACE in 2012. At PACE, she was also rapporteur of the first report on the optimal care of patients with breast cancer in the Council of Europe, and was the founder of the first breast cancer awareness campaign at the Council of Europe, which is now held yearly. 

languages

English, Greek