Composition of Current (17th) Term

Charoula (Chara) Kafantari

Member of Parliament Athens B2 Constituency (West)

Personal Info

Place and Date οf Birth:

Date οf Birth: 03/04/1958

Marital Status:

Married, mother of two.

Profession:

Geologist, worked for the National Bank of Greece.
Association of:
•Greek Geologists
•The Geotechnical Chamber of Greece

Studies:

Degree in Geology from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Science, Faculty of Geology.

Foreign Languages:

English, French.

Parliamentary Activities

Member of the Parliament for SYRIZA, Athens, B region. First time elected on June 2012 and reelected on January 2015 and September 2015. Very active MP, focused on Environmental Issues, Climate Change, Waste Management, Animal Rights, as well as on Civil Protection and Fire Service issues.
During the previous Parliamentary term (2015-2019) she served as Chairwoman of the Standing Committee on Production and Trade and member of:
• The Special Permanent Committee on Environmental Protection.
• The Subcommittee on Water Resources of the Special Permanent Committee on Environmental Protection.
• Committee on state-owned enterprises, banks, public utility enterprises and social security agencies.
She has represented the Hellenic Parliament at four U.N. International Conferences for Climate Change (COP), namely in Doha (Qatar), Warsaw (Poland), Lima (Peru) and Marrakesh (Marocco).
Re-elected MP for SYRIZA in the western sector of Athens in the national elections of July 2019 she assumed the position of Vice Chairwoman of the Special Permanent Committee on Environmental Protection and she is member of the Standing Committee on Production and Trade and member of the Subcommittee on Water Resources of the Special Permanent Committee on Environmental Protection.

Political/Social Activities

Deputy in charge of environmental affairs of the Parliamentary Group of SYRIZA.
She is, also, a member of Energy, Ecology and Environment, Law Enforcement and Women Issues Department of SYRIZA.
She has a special inclination on environmental and civil protection issues.

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