Simplify the following text for a Grade 11 native English-speaking person.
Original: Diamanto Manolakou , born on 1 March 1959 , is a Greek politician and member of the European Parliament for the Communist Party of Greece ; part of the European United Left -- Nordic Green Left .
Simplified: Diamanto Manolakou ( ( b. 1 March 1959 , Piraeus ) is a Greek politician . She was elected Member of the European Parliament for the Communist Party of Greece ; part of the European United Left -- Nordic Green Left in the 2004 European elections , an office she held until April , 2010 , when she resigned in favor of Costas Droutsas She resigned in order to take a seat in the Greek Parliament , one previously held by Elpida Pantelaki .