My Organization

My Job Title

2nd Vice-President

My Organization's Profile

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Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou in Parliament:
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Rodi Kratsa website (in greek): http://www.rodikratsa.gr/

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About Me

Country

Greece

My Biography and Story

Rodi Kratsa was born and brought up at the island of Zakynthos, Greece. She studied Sociology (specialising in political sociology) at the University of Geneva (Switzerland). Her postgraduate studies followed at the Institute of European Studies of the same University where she also did a research.

She was elected member of the European Parliament in 1999. She was re-elected in 2004 and in 2009.
She was elected 1st Vice-President of the European Parliament on 16 January 2007 and re-elected 2nd Vice-President of the European Parliament on 14 July 2009.

Responsibilities in the Bureau of the European Parliament 2009-2011: Conciliation Procedure, Information and Communication Policy, President of the Working Group on Information and Communication Policy, Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation including the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (EMPA), President of the Contact Group on the Euro-Mediterranean University (EMUNI), Member of the Contact Group for the House of Europe.

IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 2009-2014

- Member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
- Member of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality
- Member of the Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat)
- Member of the Delegation for relations with Mercosur
- Substitute Member of the Committee on Regional Development
- Substitute Member of the Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries
- Substitute Member of the Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly
Mrs. Kratsa has also been a Member of the Committees on Transport and Tourism and on Budgetary Control during the previous parliamentary period (2004-2009).
She is also founding member of various intergroups: “Francophonie and cultural diversity”, “Disability”, “Family and childhood”, “Tourism”, “Islands”, “Social Economy” and “Conservation and Sustainable Development”.

ACTIVITIES IN THE CIVIL SOCIETY

National level
- Elected member of the Municipality Council of Athens (1998)
- Founding member and President of the European Centre of Communication and Information (Athens, 1989)
- Founding member of the Greek part of the Union of European Federalists and the Greek Committee for the European Movement
- Member of the Board and the Scientific Committee of the Child and Family Foundation (Athens)
- President of the Greek part of Women of Europe Award

European level
- Founding member of the Women of Europe Award (Brussels 1987)
- President of the International Association for the Promotion of Women of Europe - Women of Europe Award (Brussels 2000)
- Member of the Board of the European Centre of Culture (Geneva)
- Member of the Cultural Council of the Union for the Mediterranean (Paris)

International level
- Active in the international and regional meetings of UNESCO issues concerning education, the promotion of women and the cultural heritage
- Active in the framework of the International Organisation of Francophonie

ΗONORARY DISTINCTIONS (in chronological order)

- “Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honour” by the President of the Republic of France, Nicolas Sarkozy - 2009
- “Gold Medal” by the University of the Aegean, Greece - 2009
- “Personality of the Year 2008” by Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA)
- “Cross Bearer of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher” (proclaimed “A Knight of the Holy Sepulchre” granted with Golden Cross with Crown) by His Beatitude the Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III - 2008
- ”Efkranti” Prize - Maritime Personality of the Year 2008’’ of the maritime magazine ‘Naftika Chronika’
- “Anna Lindh Euro-Med Award for the Dialogue between Cultures” - 2007
- “XENIA International Exhibition of the Tourism Industry Award”, Greece - 2006
- “Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honour” by the President of the Republic of France, Jacques Chirac - 2004
- Medal by the Mayor of Athens, Mr. Avramopoulos -1997
- Special honorary distinctions by many international and European social organizations and authorities

My Gender

Female

History

Member for

1 year 16 weeks

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