Christiana Erotokritou ( el, Χριστιάνα Ερωτοκρίτου; born 24 May 1973) is a

Cypriot Cypriot (in older sources often "Cypriote") refers to someone or something of, from, or related to the country of Cyprus. * Cypriot people, or of Cypriot descent; this includes: **Armenian Cypriots **Greek Cypriots **Maronite Cypriots **Turkish C ...

politician and lawyer. Since

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, she has been a member of the House of Representatives of Cyprus.

Biography

Erotokritou grew up in

Nicosia Nicosia ( ; el, Λευκωσία, Lefkosía ; tr, Lefkoşa ; hy, Նիկոսիա, romanized: ''Nikosia''; Cypriot Arabic: Nikusiya) is the largest city, capital, and seat of government of Cyprus. It is located near the centre of the Mesaor ...

and graduated from the English School in 1991. She studied law at the

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and obtained the title of Barrister at Law at Lincoln's Inn in London. Since her youth, she has been a part of the

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. Since 2003, she has been elected to the Democratic Party Executive Office, and since 2013 has been appointed Party Spokesperson, a post he held until 2016. In the parliamentary elections of 2016, she was elected lawmaker for

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with Democratic Party. As a Member, she is a member of the Selection Committee, a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights and Equal Opportunities for Men and Women, the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign and European Affairs, the Parliamentary Committee on Legal Affairs, the Ad Hoc Parliamentary Committee on the Compliance of the Parliament's Rules of Procedure and an alternate of the Special Parliamentary Committee on the Middle East. She is also an alternate member of the Parliament delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the

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. In 2018, in DIKO's internal elections was elected deputy chairman of the party.Christina Erotokritou elected Diko deputy chairperson (Updated)
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References

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