Which party was Eleni Theocharous a member of from 1997 to Nov 2015?
Eleni Theocharous Eleni Theocharous ( ; born 24 June 1953 ) is a Cypriot paediatric surgeon and politician who leads the political party Solidarity Movement . She was elected to the European Parliament in 2009 , re-elected in 2014 and served until 2019 . Between 2001 and 2009 , Theocharous was a member House of Representatives of Cyprus for the Limassol constituency . Early life and education . Theocharous was born in Amiantos on 24 June 1953 . Politics . At the parliamentary elections of 27 May 2001 she was elected Member of the House of Representatives standing as a DISY candidate in Limassol and was re-elected at the parliamentary elections of 21 May 2006 . She was deputy chairwoman of the House Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and of the House Standing Committee on Health Affairs . She is currently a chairwoman of the House Standing Committee on Health Affairs and a member of the House Standing Committee on the Environment , of the House Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and of the House Standing Committee on Human Rights . She is also a member of the delegation of the House to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association . In 2003 she was appointed by the House as observer to the European Parliament , where she was a member of the Political Group of the European Peoples Party . Mere months before the 2016 legislative election , Theocharous launched a splinter party , in opposition to President Anastasiades approach to the Cyprus issue . She advocated for tighter co-operation with other Greek-Cypriot nationalist groups , particularly DIKO and EDEK . The new party was dubbed the Solidarity Movement . As of March 8 2016 , she is a member of the European Conservatives and Reformists . On 11 March 2016 , it was announced that EVROKO would merge into the new party , placing its candidates on its lists in the 2016 election . On 26 May 2019 , Theocharous lost her seat as MEP in the 2019 European Parliament election . Social and humanitarian activities . Theocharous was a member of the High Directorate of the “Médecins du Monde” international organisation and director of medical , environmental and provisionary projects of the International Aid Fund in Brussels . She is honorary president of the “Médecins du Monde - Cyprus” organization and a member of the Permanent Committee of the United Nations for the Promotion of Co-operation between Palestinian and Israeli Doctors . She is also a member of the Executive Committee of the International Union of Parliamentarians for the Defence of the Palestinian Cause . Literary work . Theocharous has published in literary magazines . Her first collection of poems , “Poetic Act and Political Co-Act” ( 1991 ) earned her the award of the First State Prize for Poetry . In 1995 , she published her second collection of poems : “Proxenos Thanatos Angele Mou” ( ) . The third collection of short stories was «Tempelokalokairo» ( ) ( Indian summer ) . Her fourth collection of poems «Ellinosyron Magon» ( ) . Many of her published poems and short stories have been translated in Armenian , Turkish , Russian and English . In September 1992 she represented Cyprus at the 18th World Biennial of Poetry in Liège , Belgium . In 1999 she published her third collection of poems “Oi Megaloi Tritoi” ( , The Big Thirds ) for which she was awarded , for the second time , with the First State Prize for Poetry . Honorary awards . Theocharous has been awarded the Gold Medal of Honour of Nagorno-Karabakh , the Gold Medal of the Democritus University of Thrace and the All Balkan Award of the Vardinoyiannis Foundation . She has received the First State Award for Poetry twice ( 1991 and 2000 ) . The University of Minsk and the University of Syktyvkar have awarded her honorary doctorates . She has also received the “Margarette Golding” award of the Lions International and the “Paul Harris Fellow” title of the Rotary International , as well as various other awards .