Stella Kyriakides | |
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Στέλλα Κυριακίδου | |
![]() Kyriakides in 2020 | |
European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety | |
Assumed office 1 December 2019 | |
Preceded by | Vytenis Andriukaitis |
30th President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe | |
In office 6 October 2017 – 26 January 2018 | |
Preceded by | Pedro Agramunt |
Succeeded by | Michele Nicoletti |
Member of the House of Representatives | |
In office 2006–2019 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Nicosia, Cyprus | 10 March 1956
Political party | Democratic Rally |
Other political affiliations | European People's Party |
Children | 2 |
Education | University of Reading University of Manchester |
Stella Kyriakides (Greek: Στέλλα Κυριακίδου, Stella Kyriakidou; born 10 March 1956) is a Cypriot psychologist and politician of the conservative Democratic Rally party who has been serving as European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety since 2019. She was the first Cypriot national and third woman to serve as President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.[1]