Varnava George

Varnava George

FAMAGUSTA CONSTITUENCY,

MOVEMENT OF SOCIAL DEMOCRATS EDEK (KS EDEK)

 
Personal info:

Place of origin and date of birth:
Famagusta (occupied by Turkish troops), 13 September 1968.

Marital status:
Married to Stella Efstathiou Papamiltiadous; has two daughters and one son.

Studies:
Russian and English Literature and MA in Education (The Pyatigorsk State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages, Russia).

Profession:
Teacher.

Foreign languages:
English, Russian.

Parliamentary tenure / activity:

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.

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 and Culture, 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).

Political career:

 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.

 

Contact info:

Address: PO Box 40753, 6307 Larnaka
Telephone: (+357) 24 656934
Fax: (+357) 24 665173
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