Meropi Tzoufi

Meropi Tzoufi (Greek: Μερόπη Τζούφη; born 10 October 1956) is a Greek politician who has served as a member of the Hellenic Parliament since 2015. Born in Ioannina, she graduated from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens's Medical School in 1983. While a student there, she joined the Communist Youth of Greece, and was also part of the Communist Party of Greece in the 1980s. She is married to economist Evangelos Makarios, and has two daughters, making her home with them in Ioannina in 1985.[1]

Meropi Tzoufi
Μερόπη Τζούφη
Member of the Hellenic Parliament
Assumed office
5 February 2015
PresidentProkopis Pavlopoulos
Personal details
Born (1956-10-18) 18 October 1956
Ioannina, Greece
Political partySyriza
Alma materNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens

After graduating from university, Tzoufi worked as a doctor in Konitsa, then was a pediatric specialist in Ioannina. In the 1990s, she became a curator for Greece's National Healthcare Service and worked as a curator. In 2003, she became a lecturer at the University of Ioannina, then was an assistant professor in the Pediatric Health department from 2006 to 2012. She also served as a board member on the Greek Pediatric Neurology Society.[1] In the January 2015 Greek elections, the Syriza party won four of five seats in Ioannina; as one of the founding members of the party, Tzoufi was given one of the seats.[2] She was re-elected in the September 2015 elections, and has held the position since. She serves on the Cultural and Educational Affairs and the Social Affairs committees, as well as the special committee on Equality, Youth and Human Rights.[1]

References

  1. "Meropi Tzoufi". Hellenic Parliament. 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  2. Εκλογές 2015: Ποιοι βουλευτές εκλέγονται στη νέα Βουλή (in Greek). tovima.gr. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.