Androulla Vassiliou
Androulla Vassiliou | |
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Ανδρούλλα Βασιλείου | |
European Commissioner for Health | |
| In office 3 March 2008 – 9 February 2010 | |
| President | José Manuel Barroso |
| Preceded by | Markos Kyprianou |
| Succeeded by | John Dalli (Health and Consumer Policy) |
| First Lady of Cyprus | |
| In office 28 February 1988 – 28 February 1993 | |
| President | George Vassiliou |
| Preceded by | Mimi Kyprianou |
| Succeeded by | Lila Irene Clerides |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 November 1943 George Vasiliou |
| Alma mater | University of Law |
Androulla Vassiliou (
Legal career
Vassiliou was born in
Political career
Vassiliou served as First Lady of Cyprus from 1988 to 1993.
Vassiliou was elected to the
Between 2001 and 2006 she was Vice President of the
In February 2008 Vassiliou was nominated to succeed Markos Kyprianou as
Other activities and personal life
Since 2002 she has been chairperson of the board of trustees of the Cyprus Oncology Centre and she has also been President of the Cyprus Federation of Business and Professional Women since 1996.
She was involved in the United Nations Association of Cyprus, being elected as President of it for four consecutive terms, participated in numerous human rights conferences. In 1991 she was elected President of the World Federation of United Nations Associations and re-elected for two terms before being made an honorary president.
She is married to George Vassiliou, former President of Cyprus, with whom she has three children. Her hobbies are music, walking, swimming and reading. She speaks Greek, English and French.
Androulla Vassiliou caused an outcry about a rape case, after her tweet on internet, perceived as victim-blaming and chided for victim shaming a 24-year-old woman after being drugged at a Thessaloniki-located, Greece, hotel on New Year's Eve.[5][6][7][8] In a third tweet, Vassiliou apologised, saying she had been misunderstood.[9][10]
References
- ^ "Council decision appointing a new member of the Commission" (PDF). European Union (EU). Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 January 2021.
- ^ "EU parliament approves new health chief". The Parliament Magazine.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Nomination of Mrs Androula Vassiliou as successor to Mr Markos Kyprianou". European Commission. 28 February 2008. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022.
- ^ "Androulla Vassiliou: European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth". Film New Europe Association. Archived from the original on 14 June 2014.
- ^ "Former EU Commissioner chided for victim shaming". financialmirror.com. 17 January 2022. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022.
- ^ "Ex EU commissioner criticised over comments on rape case". greekcitytimes.com. 18 January 2022. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022.
- ^ "Rape remark lands former commissioner in hot seat". knews.kathimerini.com.cy. 17 January 2022. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022.
- ^ "Former EU Commissioner accused victims of blame". worldakkam.com. 17 January 2022. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022.
- ^ "The internalized misogyny of Androulla Vassiliou". LiFO (in Greek). 17 January 2022. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022.
- ^ "What the 24-year-old woman was doing in the hotel suite in Thessaloniki?". ladylike.gr (in Greek). 17 January 2022. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022.
External links
- Androulla Vassiliou Official Media Gallery Archived 9 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- Androulla Vassiliou Website Archived on 3 November 2014.
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