Eleni Theocharous

Eleni Theocharous (born 24 June 1953 in Amiantos) is a Cypriot paediatric surgeon and politician who leads the party Solidarity Movement. She was elected to the House of Representatives of Cyprus for Limassol in 2001 and re-elected in 2006, and she chaired its Standing Committee on Health Affairs. She served as a member of the European Parliament from 2009 until she lost her seat in 2019. Outside politics she was a member of the High Directorate of Médecins du Monde and director of medical, environmental and provisional projects of the International Aid Fund in Brussels, and she is honorary president of Médecins du Monde Cyprus. She is also a published poet and short story writer, whose first collection of poems earned her the First State Prize for Poetry in Cyprus, and a member of a United Nations committee promoting co-operation between Palestinian and Israeli doctors.