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Ms Theodora BAKOYANNIS

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Representative
Deputy

House of Parliament
GR - 10021 - Athens
Greece

gram@dorabak.gr

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018

Latest news

25/01/2021 - Session The Assembly elects its Vice-Presidents 05/03/2019 - Political Affairs and Democracy The creation of a Constitutional Committee is indispensable for the political transition towards peace and stability in Syria 22/10/2018 - Political Affairs and Democracy Rapporteur on situation in Syria and surrounding countries visits Jordan 22/05/2018 - Political Affairs and Democracy Syria: rapporteur urges international plan for security and political transition 12/03/2018 - Political Affairs and Democracy Dora Bakoyannis: ‘There is space for Europe to play a useful role in Syria’

Mandates

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 25/01/2021)
  • Vice-President of the Assembly: Standing Committee (since 25/01/2021)
  • Ex officio (Rule 14.3 of the Rules of Procedure): Bureau of the Assembly (since 30/09/2019)
  • 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)
  • Member (Co-rapporteur on the Russian Federation): Sub-Committee on Conflicts between 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 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

27/01/2021 | 12:01:35 Thank you, Mister President. First and foremost, allow me to congratulate our rapporteur for an excellent comprehensive resolution, at this given moment, dealing with the main issue at hand regarding the COVID-19 vaccines. However, I would like to add two points in the overall discussion taking place. We are witnessing an acute issue and even a potential legal dispute between the EU and some vaccine-producing pharmaceutical companies regarding the late distribution of the agreed-upon vaccine... 03/10/2019 | 10:19:52 Dear colleagues, Let me give you a little bit of the Greek experience. The Greek experience is 800 people today, between eight o'clock in the morning and nine o'clock in the morning, arriving at the Greek island of Mitilini. Before yesterday, a young mother 23 years old and her daughter of three years old drowned at a near island called Inusses. What does that mean? It means that thousands of people are coming again and trying to get to Europe. We had a crisis in 2015. I'm afraid we are in...

Activities

Reports and committee opinions

16/05/2019 | Doc. 14889 | Report Situation in Syria: prospects for a political solution? 30/09/2014 | Doc. 13618 | Report Threats against humanity posed by the terrorist group known as “IS”: violence against Christians and other religious or ethnic communities

Motions, Written Declarations, Questions

09/12/2020 | Doc. 15195 | Motion for a resolution Respect for the rule of law and fight against corruption within the Council of Europe 16/11/2020 | Doc. 15184 | Motion for a resolution Review of the partnership for democracy in respect of the Parliament of the Kyrgyz Republic 05/10/2020 | Doc. 15160 | Motion for a resolution Safeguarding peace and stability in the East Mediterranean Sea 01/09/2020 | Doc. 15130 | Motion for a resolution Call for an inclusive national political process in Belarus 04/10/2019 | Doc. 14991 | Motion for a resolution Strengthening the role of the Council of Europe as a cornerstone of the European political architecture

Votes on adopted texts

28/01/2021 | Doc. 15216, vote on the draft text for resolution Challenge, on substantive grounds, of the still unratified credentials of the parliamentary delegation of the Russian Federation 27/01/2021 | Doc. 15212, vote on the draft text for resolution Covid-19 vaccines: ethical, legal and practical considerations 26/01/2021 | Doc. 15093, vote on the draft text for resolution Modification of the Assembly’s Rules of Procedure – follow-up to Resolution 2319 (2020) on the Complementary joint procedure between the Committee of Ministers and the Parliamentary Assembly in response to a serious violation by a member State of its statutory obligations 26/01/2021 | Doc. 15123, vote on the draft text for resolution The implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights 26/01/2021 | Doc. 15123, vote on the draft text for recommendation The implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights