The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved the composition of its parliamentary committees, completing one of the key steps needed for the new legislature to begin its regular work.
The plenary convened at 10.00 to approve the committee line-up and to elect the members of the special parliamentary ethics committee. The number of standing committees remains unchanged at 16, with 12 MPs serving on each committee.
Under the arrangement approved by the Selection Committee, Democratic Rally and AKEL have secured five committee chairmanships each, while the Democratic Party and ELAM have received three each.
Who chairs each committee
DISY
Legal Affairs Committee: Fotini Tsiridou
Deputy chair: Nicos Georgiou
Foreign Affairs Committee: Giorgos Karoullas
Deputy chair: Charalambos Petrides
Institutions Committee: Dimitris Dimitriou
Deputy chair: Michalis Fellas
Energy and Commerce Committee: Nicos Georgiou
Deputy chair: Fotini Tsiridou
Health Committee: Savia Orphanidou
Deputy chair: Charalambos Pazaros
AKEL
Interior Committee: Aristos Damianou
Deputy chair: Valentinos Fakontis
Agriculture Committee: Giannakis Gavriel
Deputy chair: Ephraim Christou
Labour Committee: Giorgos Koukoumas
Deputy chair: Argentoula Ioannou
Refugees Committee: Nicos Kettiros
Deputy chair: Christos Christofides
Human Rights Committee: Christos Christofides
Deputy chair: Anastasia Hasikou
DIKO
Finance Committee: Christiana Erotokritou
Deputy chair: Chrysis Pantelides
Audit Committee: Zacharias Koulias
Deputy chair: Chrysanthos Savvides
Education Committee: Chrysanthos Savvides
Deputy chair: Panikos Leonidou
ELAM
Defence Committee: Evgenios Hamboullas
Deputy chair: Christos Christou
Environment Committee: Linos Papagiannis
Deputy chair: Linos Ioannis Hadjigeorgiou
Transport Committee: Sotiris Ioannou
Deputy chair: Andreas Papacharalambous
The approval of the committee structure sets the framework for the new Parliament’s legislative and oversight work, as parties now move from internal negotiations over posts to the handling of bills, policy scrutiny and government accountability.
