Niki Tzavela is 1 of the 22 Greek MEPs

Member of the European Parliament

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 in the European parliament

European Parliament

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. She headed the EP list of LAOS

Popular Orthodox Rally

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. She is Vice-Chair of the Delegation for Relations with the United States of America and Vice-Chair of the Europe of Freedom and Democracy

Europe of Freedom and Democracy

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 Group in the European Parliament. She is a Member of the Committee on Industry, Research, and Energy and a Member of the Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee.
She has also been a MP

Member of Parliament

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 in the Greek parliament

Hellenic Parliament

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 between 1994 and 1996.

Former non political positions include Head of the Greek Manpower Employment Organisation (1989-1993), Vice-Chair of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games Organising Committee (OEOA), and Vice-Chair of the Kokkalis Foundation.

Tzavela attained her Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Psychology from Howard University

Howard University

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in Washington, DC and her Master’s in Labour Economics

Labour economics

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 from Leeds University.

She is a Board Member of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University

Harvard University

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