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Member of the European Parliament (2014–2019); Member of the European Parliament (2009–2014); member of the House of Representatives of Cyprus (2006–2009); observer status (2003–2003)."},{"q":"Where did Eleni Theocharous study?","a":"Eleni Theocharous was educated at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki."}],"related":[{"name":"Hosni Mubarak","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hosni-mubarak"},{"name":"Gamal Abdel Nasser","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gamal-abdel-nasser"},{"name":"Mohamed Morsi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-morsi"},{"name":"Mohamed Naguib","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-naguib"},{"name":"Abdul Rahman Arif","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-rahman-arif"},{"name":"Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/muhammad-najib-ar-ruba-i"},{"name":"Abel Matutes","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abel-matutes"},{"name":"Syed Kamall","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/syed-kamall"},{"name":"Andrej Plenković","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/andrej-plenkovic"},{"name":"Alain Terrenoire","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alain-terrenoire"},{"name":"Alekos Alavanos","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alekos-alavanos"},{"name":"Ambroise Guellec","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ambroise-guellec"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/eleni-theocharous-d63f27b8e7.jpg","width":500,"height":648,"license":"Attribution","credit":"European Union","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eleni_Theocharous_(cropped).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Eleni Theocharous","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleni_Theocharous","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q468077","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q468077","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Eleni Theocharous (cropped).jpg by European Union (Attribution)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eleni_Theocharous_(cropped).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Eleni Theocharous, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Eleni Theocharous (cropped).jpg — European Union, Attribution.","cite":"\"Eleni Theocharous\". DigiNepal. Last updated 2 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/eleni-theocharous. Retrieved 14 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-02T07:06:57Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-13","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/eleni-theocharous","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/eleni-theocharous","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/eleni-theocharous?lang=ne"}}