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Ms Dora BAKOYANNIS (Greece, EPP/CD)

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In the political groups

  • Vice-Chairperson: Group of the European People's Party since 11/10/2018
  • Member: Group of the European People's Party from 08/02/2018 to 10/10/2018
  • Vice-Chairperson: Group of the European People's Party from 02/10/2013 to 07/02/2018
  • Member: Group of the European People's Party from 01/10/2012 to 01/10/2013

In the Assembly

  • since 01/10/2012 Representative - Greece
  • from 25/01/2010 to 21/05/2010 Representative - Greece
  • from 15/05/2000 to 27/01/2003 Representative - Greece

In the committee(s) and sub-committee(s)

  • Vice-President of the Assembly: Bureau of the Assembly (since 26/01/2026)
  • Vice-President of the Assembly: Standing Committee (since 26/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Special Committee on the New Democratic Pact (since 26/01/2026)
  • Vice-President of the Assembly: Bureau of the Assembly (from 25/01/2021 to 23/01/2023)
  • Vice-President of the Assembly: Standing Committee (from 25/01/2021 to 23/01/2023)
  • Ex officio (Rule 14.3 of the Rules of Procedure): Bureau of the Assembly (from 30/09/2019 to 21/05/2021)
  • Chairperson of national delegation: Standing Committee (since 30/09/2019)
  • Member: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (since 25/01/2016)
  • Vice-President of the Assembly: Bureau of the Assembly (from 26/01/2015 to 19/04/2015)
  • Vice-President of the Assembly: Standing Committee (from 26/01/2015 to 19/04/2015)
  • Chairperson: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (from 27/01/2014 to 24/01/2016)
  • Chairperson of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy: Standing Committee (from 27/01/2014 to 24/01/2016)
  • Chairperson of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy: Bureau of the Assembly (from 27/01/2014 to 24/01/2016)
  • Ex officio (Rule 44.1 of the Rules of Procedure): Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (from 27/01/2014 to 24/01/2016)
  • Member: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (from 05/10/2012 to 30/01/2014)
  • Full Member: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 01/10/2012)
  • Chairperson of national delegation: Standing Committee (from 01/10/2012 to 19/04/2015)
  • Chairperson: Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (since 28/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (since 28/01/2026)
  • Member (Co-rapporteur on the Russian Federation): Sub-Committee on Conflicts concerning Council of Europe Member States (from 23/01/2017 to 26/04/2018)
  • Chairperson: Sub-Committee on relations with the OECD and the EBRD (from 27/01/2016 to 24/01/2018)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on relations with the OECD and the EBRD (from 27/01/2016 to 22/01/2019)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on External Relations (since 27/01/2016)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (from 27/01/2014 to 26/01/2014)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on External Relations (from 27/01/2014 to 24/01/2016)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on relations with the OECD and the EBRD (from 27/01/2014 to 24/01/2016)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (from 27/01/2014 to 24/01/2016)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on External Relations (from 24/01/2013 to 26/01/2014)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on External Relations (from 02/10/2012 to 20/01/2013)
  • Alternate of Mr Alexis TSIPRAS (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (from 12/10/2023 to 25/01/2026)
  • Alternate of Mr Ioannis DRAGASAKIS (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (from 24/01/2013 to 26/01/2014)

Interventions

Last speeches

29/09/2026 | 20:18:16 Madam President, Dear colleagues, Let me first thank both rapporteurs for their thorough work. Thank you. For years, Greece appeared before Europe as a country in crisis. Fingers were pointed. Stereotypes took hold. Today, the report recognises a different Greece: a recovering economy, and a democracy that remains, in its own words, “firmly rooted and resilient". Behind those words stand the extraordinary sacrifices of the Greek people. Unemployment has fallen from over 20% to below 8... 29/09/2026 | 11:13:27 Dear colleagues, A government may choose its migration policy. But it cannot choose to make the rest of Europe pay for its mistakes. That is what is at stake in Ceuta, a city which was Spanish long before the United States were either "united" or "states". Its citizens have every right to expect their border to be defended. Geography does not make them second-class Europeans. And no country guarding a European border should stand alone. We Greeks know what that means. At Evros in 2020, we... 20/04/2026 | 12:06:45 Madam President, Allow me first to thank the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe's delegation that observed the elections in Kosovo, and especially Chairperson Mr Yunus EMRE and Vice-President Mr Georgios STAMATIS for the valuable work. The findings are indeed serious. The refusal to certify results for the main Kosovo-Serb party, the manipulation of preferential votes and discrepancies in voter records. They are not minor technicalities. They go to the heart of democratic... 28/01/2025 | 12:40:47 Thank you, Madam President. Dear colleagues, First allow me to extend my heartfelt gratitude to the President of the European Court of Human Rights,  Mr Marko BOŠNIAK, and to all of you who have spoken for your invaluable insights. The depth and breadth of your interventions are a powerful testament to the urgency Europe must embrace to address the profound challenges threatening the international rules-based order. One thing is clear from what has been said in this room: The Council of... 28/01/2025 | 10:12:49 Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, allow me to begin by honouring the [inaudible, because of mic problems]. OK, I'll start again, I need a minute. Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, allow me to begin by honouring the solemn occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Holocaust. The Holocaust remains one of the darkest chapters in human history, a chilling testament to the catastrophic failure of nations to uphold a rule-based international order. It serves as a haunting...

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