Chrysoula Zacharopoulou

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Minister Delegate for Development, Francophonie and International Partnerships
Assumed office
20 May 2022
President Emmanuel Macron
Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne
Preceded by Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne
Member of the European Parliament
Member of Parliament
for France
In office
2 July 2019[1][2] – 20 May 2022
Succeeded by Max Orville
Personal details
Born (1976-05-07) 7 May 1976 (age 48)
Sparta, Peloponnese, Greece
Nationality French
Political party La Republique En Marche!
Alma mater Sapienza University of Rome

Chrysoula Zacharopoulou (born 7 May 1976) is a Greek-French gynaecologist[3] and politician who has served as Minister of State for Development, Francophonie and International Partnerships in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne since 20 May 2022. A member of La République En Marche! (LREM), she previously was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2019 to 2022.[4]

Education and early career

Zacharopoulou was born into a military family.[5] Trained in minimally invasive procedure, she specialized in endometriosis in Italy and, from 2007, in France. Before entering politics, she worked at the Bégin Military Teaching Hospital in Saint-Mandé, near Paris.[6]

In 2015, Zacharopoulou joined forces with French actress Julie Gayet on establishing Info-Endométriose, a non-profit raising awareness for endometriosis.[7]

Political career

Zacharopoulou became a Member of the European Parliament in the 2019 elections. From 2019 to 2022, she was a vice-chair of the Committee on Development and the parliament's rapporteur on the Africa-EU partnership.[8] In 2022, she briefly joined the Special Committee on the COVID-19 pandemic.[9][10]

In addition to her committee assignments, Zacharopoulou was part of the Parliament's delegation to the ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.[11] She was also a member of the MEPs Against Cancer group;[12] European Parliament Intergroup on Cancer;[13] the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights;[14] the European Parliament Intergroup on Disability;[15] and of the European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals.[16]

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Zacharopoulou returned to practicing for several days a week at the Bégin Military Teaching Hospital in March 2020.[17]

Since April 2021, Zacharopoulou has been co-chairing the Shareholders Council of COVAX, alongside Fernando Ruiz Gómez.[18][19] In this capacity, she was part of the delegation accompanying President Emmanuel Macron on his state visit to Rwanda and South Africa in May 2021. In November 2021, the European Union's Foreign Affairs Council followed a proposal of Josep Borrell and appointed Zacharopoulou as the its focal person to strengthen coordination among EU member states and accelerate efforts on sharing COVID-19 vaccine doses, especially in Africa.[20] In December, she accompanied President of the European Council Charles Michel and France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian on official trips to Senegal.

Political positions

In 2020, Zacharopoulou publicly criticized Vice-President of the European Commission Dubravka Šuica for having taken "disturbing positions" in the past by voting against motions on sexual and reproductive health and rights.[21]

Rape allegations

In June 2022, it was reported that French prosecutors were investigating accusations that Zacharopoulou raped two of her former gynaecological patients. The former patients filed lawsuits in May and June 2022 alleging that Zacharopoulou carried out vaginal and rectal examinations without their consent, in January and June 2016.[22][23]

References

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  3. ↑ Simon Osborne (28 March 2019), Macron ally who mocked Brexit with cat gag to lead France's European elections campaign Daily Express.
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  5. ↑ Ismaël El Bou-Cottereau (21 January 2022), Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, la macroniste qui a un plan contre l’endométriose Le Monde.
  6. ↑ Emmanuelle Jowa (17 March 2018), Julie Gayet et Chrysoula Zacharapoulou: Endométriose, l’érosion d’un tabou Paris Match.
  7. ↑ Emmanuelle Jowa (17 March 2018), Julie Gayet et Chrysoula Zacharapoulou: Endométriose, l’érosion d’un tabou Paris Match.
  8. ↑ Lorna Hutchinson (17 June 2020), Chrysoula Zacharopoulou interview: Celebrating diversity The Parliament Magazine.
  9. ↑ Members of the Special Committee on the COVID-19 pandemic European Parliament.
  10. ↑ Parliament names MEPs to sit on three new committees European Parliament, press release of 24 March 2022.
  11. ↑ Chrysoula Zacharopoulou European Parliament.
  12. ↑ MAC MEPs in the 2019–24 legislature MEPs Against Cancer.
  13. ↑ Intergroup European Cancer Patient Coalition (ECPC).
  14. ↑ Members European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights.
  15. ↑ Bureau of the Disability Intergroup of the European Parliament is established European Disability Forum, press release of 14 February 2020.
  16. ↑ Members European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals.
  17. ↑ Aline Robert (3 April 2020), Being a doctor is quite a commitment, says MEP working on the ‘front line’ EURACTIV.
  18. ↑ Eva Moysan (11 April 2021), Interview: «Covax est un mécanisme de coopération qui correspond totalement aux valeurs européennes» Libération.
  19. ↑ Colombia será copresidente del mecanismo COVAX Ministry of Health and Social Protection, press release of 14 April 2021.
  20. ↑ Foreign Affairs Council (Development), 19 November 2021 Council of the European Union, press release of 19 November 2021.
  21. ↑ Jennifer Rankin (2 March 2020), Dubravka Šuica: the woman tasked with solving EU's demographic crisis The Guardian.
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