NICOSIA CONSTITUENCY,

DEMOCRATIC RALLY PARTY (DISY)

 

Personal info:

Place of origin and date of birth: Nicosia, 10 March 1956.

Marital status: Married to Kikis Kyriakides; has two sons.

Studies: Psychology (University of Reading, United Kingdom), MA in Psychology (University of Manchester, United Kingdom) and Child Psychology (Institute of Psychiatry in London). 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. Trainer on breast cancer patients’ matters and patients’ rights in european organisations.

Profession: Clinical child psychologist.

Foreign languages: English, French.

Parliamentary tenure / activity:

Representative of Nicosia constituency under the banner of DISY since 2006.

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.
• Leader of the delegation of the House to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).

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.

Publications:

• One of the co-authors of the book “Trauma in Adolescence” (1998).
• “Cancer and pregnancy” (2008).
• “Adjuvant therapy for breast cancer” (2009).

Contact info:

Address: House of Representatives, 1402 Nicosia
Telephone:
Fax: (+357) 22 407388
E-mail:
Website: www.stellakyriakides.com