Adamos Adamou
Encyclopedia
Adamos Adamou is a Cypriot
politician and former Member of the European Parliament
for the Progressive Party of Working People
, sitting with the European United Left–Nordic Green Left group from 2004 to 2009. He sat on the European Parliament
's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
. He didn't stand for reelection in the European elections, 2009.
. As a chairman, he is a member of the Conference of Delegation Chairmen.
Became (Dec 2009) Patron of The Friends' Hospice Paphos, a charitable organisation established in 2006, attached to the Evangelismos hospital in Paphos, Cyprus.
He is also a substitute of the Committee on Culture and Education
and of the Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee.
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
politician and former Member of the European Parliament
Member of the European Parliament
A Member of the European Parliament is a person who has been elected to the European Parliament. The name of MEPs differ in different languages, with terms such as europarliamentarian or eurodeputy being common in Romance language-speaking areas.When the European Parliament was first established,...
for the Progressive Party of Working People
Progressive Party of Working People
The Progressive Party of Working People is a communist party in Cyprus. It supports an independent, demilitarized and non-aligned Cyprus, and a federal solution of the internal aspect of the Cyprus problem. It places particular emphasis on rapprochement with the Turkish Cypriots. It supported...
, sitting with the European United Left–Nordic Green Left group from 2004 to 2009. He sat on the European Parliament
European Parliament
The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...
's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety is a committee of the European Parliament. It has 68 members and a secretariat of 10 administrators. Its chairman is...
. He didn't stand for reelection in the European elections, 2009.
Biography
He is the Chairman of the Delegations for relations between EU with the Palestinian Legislative CouncilPalestinian Legislative Council
The Palestinian Legislative Council, the legislature of the Palestinian Authority, is a unicameral body with 132 members, elected from 16 electoral districts in the West Bank and Gaza...
. As a chairman, he is a member of the Conference of Delegation Chairmen.
Became (Dec 2009) Patron of The Friends' Hospice Paphos, a charitable organisation established in 2006, attached to the Evangelismos hospital in Paphos, Cyprus.
He is also a substitute of the Committee on Culture and Education
Committee on Culture and Education
The Committee on Culture and Education is a committee of the European Parliament.- Responsibilities of the Committee :This committee has focused on the well-being of all members of the human race and the increased opportunities for education in all countries of the European Union...
and of the Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee.
Education
- 1976: GraduateGraduate schoolA graduate school is a school that awards advanced academic degrees with the general requirement that students must have earned a previous undergraduate degree...
in medicineMedicineMedicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
(AthensAthensAthens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
) - 2001: specialisedSpecialty (medicine)A specialty in medicine is a branch of medical science. After completing medical school, physicians or surgeons usually further their medical education in a specific specialty of medicine by completing a multiple year residency to become a medical specialist.-History of medical specialization:To...
in pathologyPathologyPathology is the precise study and diagnosis of disease. The word pathology is from Ancient Greek , pathos, "feeling, suffering"; and , -logia, "the study of". Pathologization, to pathologize, refers to the process of defining a condition or behavior as pathological, e.g. pathological gambling....
(1982) and pathological oncologyOncologyOncology is a branch of medicine that deals with cancer...
Career
- 1976-1979: Doctor with the Hellenic Anticancer Society
- 1979-1984: Specialist doctor and pathologist at Pathology Clinic I of the Hellenic Red Cross Hospital
- 1984-1985: Lecturer and Deputy director of Pathological Oncology Clinic I of the Agioi Anargyroi Hospital (Athens)
- 1988-1998: Deputy director of the Clinical Oncology Department of NicosiaNicosiaNicosia from , known locally as Lefkosia , is the capital and largest city in Cyprus, as well as its main business center. Nicosia is the only divided capital in the world, with the southern and the northern portions divided by a Green Line...
General Hospital - from 2004: Consultant Oncologist at the Bank of Cyprus Oncology Centre (1998–2003) and at the Medical 'Prevention' Centre
- from 2003: ΑΚΕL-Left - New Powers Member
- Member of the parliamentary Health, Environmental, European Affairs and Audit Committees
- from 1998: Representative of CyprusCyprusCyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
in the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) - Member of the Cyprus Medical Association and chairman of its Bioethics Committee
- Member of the Cyprus Anticancer Association and chairman of its information committee
- Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Karaiskakio Foundation
- Honourable mention from the Hellenic Breast Cancer Research Society
- Honourable mention and plaque from the Hellenic Psychosocial Oncology Society