Adamos Adamou (born 30 October 1950) is a Cypriot politician and former

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(MEP) for the

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, sitting with the

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group from 2004 to 2009. He sat on the

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's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. He did not stand for reelection in the

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. Adamou was deputy director of Pathological Oncology Clinic.

Biography

He was the Chairman of the Delegations for relations between EU with the

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. As a chairman, he is a member of the Conference of Delegation Chairmen. Became (Dec 2009) Patron of The Friends' Hospice Paphos, a charitable organisation established in 2006, attached to the Evangelismos hospital in Paphos, Cyprus. He is also a substitute of the

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and of the Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee.

Education

* 1976: Graduate in

medicine Medicine is the science and Praxis (process), practice of caring for patients, managing the Medical diagnosis, diagnosis, prognosis, Preventive medicine, prevention, therapy, treatment, Palliative care, palliation of their injury or disease, ...

(

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) * 2001: specialised in

pathology Pathology is the study of disease. The word ''pathology'' also refers to the study of disease in general, incorporating a wide range of biology research fields and medical practices. However, when used in the context of modern medical treatme ...

(1982) and pathological

oncology Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the study, treatment, diagnosis, and prevention of cancer. A medical professional who practices oncology is an ''oncologist''. The name's Etymology, etymological origin is the Greek word ὄγ ...

Career

* 1976–79: Doctor with the Hellenic Anticancer Society * 1979–84: Specialist doctor and pathologist at Pathology Clinic I of the Hellenic Red Cross Hospital * 1984–85: Lecturer and deputy director of Pathological Oncology Clinic I of the Agioi Anargyroi Hospital (Athens) * 1988–98: Deputy director of the Clinical Oncology Department of

Nicosia Nicosia, also known as Lefkosia and Lefkoşa, is the capital and largest city of Cyprus. It is the southeasternmost of all EU member states' capital cities. Nicosia has been continuously inhabited for over 5,500 years and has been the capi ...

General Hospital * from 2004: Consultant Oncologist at the Bank of Cyprus Oncology Centre (1998–2003) and at the Medical 'Prevention' Centre * from 2003: ΑΚΕL-Left – New Powers Member * Member of the parliamentary Health, Environmental, European Affairs and Audit Committees * from 1998: Representative of

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in the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) * Member of the Cyprus Medical Association and chairman of its Bioethics Committee * Member of the Cyprus Anticancer Association and chairman of its information committee * Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Karaiskakio Foundation * Honourable mention from the Hellenic Breast Cancer Research Society * Honourable mention and plaque from the Hellenic Psychosocial Oncology Society

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Adamou, Adamos 1950 births Cypriot pathologists Cypriot socialists Greek Cypriots Living people Cypriot physicians Oncologists Progressive Party of Working People MEPs MEPs for Cyprus 2004–2009 21st-century Cypriot politicians

Biography

Education

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