Eleni Stavrou

Stavrou was born in Turkish-occupied Famagusta and raised in Nicosia, Cyprus.

She studied English literature at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and completed an MA in war and Mediterranean studies and a PhD in war studies at King's College London.^[1] She underwent post-doctoral studies at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University.^[1]

Stavrou was elected to the House of Representatives in the June 2016 legislative election, representing the Limassol constituency as a member of the Democratic Rally.^[1][2] She served as a member of several house committees, including those on defence affairs, foreign and European affairs, and the environment.^[1] She was also a member of the Cypriot delegation to the Interparliamentary Conference for the Common Foreign and Security Policy and the Common Security and Defence Policy of the European Union.^[1]

On 1 November 2022, Stavrou was appointed Member of the European Parliament (MEP), succeeding Lefteris Christoforou.^[3][4] She served as a member of the European People's Party Group until 15 July 2024.^[5] During her tenure, she was a member of the Committee on Development, the Committee on Budgets, and the Committee on Budgetary Control. She was not re-elected in the 2024 European Parliament election.^[6]