Dionysia-Theodora Avgerinopoulou
| Dionysia-Theodora Avgerinopoulou Διονυσία-Θεοδώρα Αυγερινοπούλου MP | |
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| Member of the Hellenic Parliament | |
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| Assumed office October 6, 2009, also elected on May 2012 and June 2012 | |
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| Born | 10 September 1975 Patras, Achaea Greece |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Political party | New Democracy (Greece) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Greek Orthodoxy |
| Website | www.avgerinopoulou.gr |
Dionysia-Theodora Avgerinopoulou (Greek: Διονυσία-Θεοδώρα Αυγερινοπούλου, born 10 September 1975), is a current member of the Hellenic Parliament since the 2009 legislative election. She has served as the Deputy Secretary of Volunteer and NGOs for the New Democracy (Greece) Party and Deputy Head of Environmental Policy Sector. She currently serves as the Chairperson of the Environment Committee of the Greek Parliament.
Early life
She was born in Patras, Achaea, Greece, and grew up in Zacharo, a town close to Ancient Olympia in Southwestern Greece, in Elis. She holds a “Ptyhio” (LL.B. equivalent) from the Law Faculty of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in International Legal Studies, with distinction[1] from the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. and a J.S.D. (Ph.D. in Law) in International Environmental Law from Columbia University Law School in New York, N.Y.[2]
Education and career
Avgerinopoulou has worked as a researcher at the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy on legal and policy research on Global Environmental Governance issues, the Yale Law School on International Environmental Law issues, good governance and corruption, and the Center for Environmental and Land Use Law of the New York University School of Law.. In March 2010, Avgerinopoulou was assigned Deputy Secretary of Volunteerism and NGOs for the New Democracy Party and held this position until January 2011, when she was appointed as the Deputy Head of the Environmental Policy Sector of the New Democracy Party.
Avgerinopoulou has served as Member of the Hellenic Parliament and represents the Prefecture of Elis (Ilia), while from 2009 to 2011 she was a Member of the Hellenic Parliament "at large" (Constituency: State, in Greek: "βουλευτής Επικρατείας".) Avgerinopoulou has served as the Chairperson of the Special Permanent Committee for Environmental Protection and the Subcommittee of the Water Resources of the Hellenic Parliament, as well as the National Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee. She has also been elected as the Chairperson of the Committee on UN Affairs of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, while currently she serves as the Chairperson of the Circle of the Mediterranean Parliamentarians for Sustainable Development.
She belongs to the Young Global Leaders of the World Economic Forum, as well as to the 40 Under 40 Young European Leaders of the EU under the age of 40. She has received many prestigious awards for her humanitarian and environmental activities, among which the Green Star Award by UNEP/OCHA and Green Cross International.
References
- ↑ "Dionysia-Theodora Avgerinopoulou - World Economic Forum". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
- ↑ "Columbia University Hellenic Association". Columbia University. Retrieved 17 April 2015.