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Alexandra Attalides
Cypriot politician
Alexandra Attalides (born 25 December 1958 in Kakopetria, Cyprus) is a Greek Cypriot politician. She has been a member of parliament for the constituency of Nicosia since 2021.
Alexandra Attalides | |
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Αλεξάνδρα Ατταλίδου | |
| Leader of Volt Cyprus | |
| Assumed office 3 December 2023 | |
| Member of the Cypriot House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 2021 | |
| Constituency | Nicosia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1958-12-25) 25 December 1958 (age 65) Kakopetria, Nicosia, Cyprus |
| Political party | Volt Cyprus
KOSP (until 2023) |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | Free University of Brussels |
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Alexandra Attalides was born in Kakopetria on Christmas Day 1958.[1][2] She studied Communication and Public Relations ande received her Master's degree in European Management (MBA) from the Free University of Brussels,[2] a Diploma in Technical Analysis of Financial Markets, a Diploma in Tourism Studies and a Travel Guide Diploma.[2] She is an accredited member (Advanced) of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission.[2] She was Vice President of the Journalistic Ethics Committee and a member of the Council of the Mediterranean Institute for Social and Gender Studies.[2] She was Press Officer of the European Parliament Office in Cyprus in the period 2008-2020 and Deputy Head in the period 2013–2015.[2]
Attalides was elected as a member of parliament for the Nicosia constituency for the Movement of Ecologists – Citizens' Cooperation in the 2021 parliamentary elections for the 14th term.[2][3][1]
On 27 November 2023, Attalides announced that she had joined the Volt Europa movement and the newly founded Volt Cyprus party.[4] On 3 December 2023, she was elected co-chair of Volt together with Charilaos Velaris at the founding party conference of Volt.[5]
She is a founding member of the organisation Friends of Akamas and was also a member of the Women Come Back movement.[2]
Attalides is married and has a son.[6]
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