Speaker

Androulla Vassiliou

Former MP and former EU Commissioner

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• Androula Vassiliou studied Law and International Affairs in London. • She practiced Law for 25 years. • She was elected for two consecutive terms, 1996 until 2006, Member of the Cyprus House of Representatives. • In 2008 she was appointed European Commissioner for Health and in • 2010- 2014 European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport. • She has always been and still is actively involved in a number of European and national organizations in the fields of education, culture, humanitarian and societal as well as in Bi Communal activities. She was the Co-Chair of the Bi Communal Committee on Culture (2015- 2022). • She is Vice President of Europa Nostra • Member of the Board of Trustees and of the Ex Co of the Cyprus Institute, • Vice President of the University of Cyprus. • She has received honors from the Hellenic Republic, the French Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the International Olympic Committee and many national institutions and organizations. • She is married to Dr George Vassiliou, former President of the RoC ( 1988-1993) and they have three children.

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Ledra Palace (Bi-communal) | Intercommunal roomThu 3 | 10

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