At the parliamentary elections of 26 May 1996 she was elected Member of the House of Representatives standing as a Free Democrats Movement (K.E.D.) candidate in the Nicosia constituency [on 16 November 1996 K.E.D. and A.DI.SO.K. merged to form the United Democrats (E.DI.)]. At the subsequent parliamentary elections of 27 May 2001 she was elected Member of the House standing as a United Democrats candidate.

She is a member of the House Standing Committees on European Affairs, on Legal Affairs and on the Environment.

She was a member of the delegation of the House to the E.U.-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee and a substitute member of the delegation of the House to the Convention for the Future of Europe. She is a member of the delegation of the House to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (I.P.U.) and of the executive committee of the Cyprus Group to the Union and a Member of the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentarian Women’s Forum.

Since 1969 she was a member and officer of the Cyprus - United Nations Association and of the World Federation of the United Nations Associations (W.F.U.N.A.). She was president of W.F.U.N.A. for two terms of office (1991-1995).

She is a founding member of the Committee for the Restoration of Human Rights in Cyprus, of the Cyprus Federation of Business and Professional Women and of the organisation “Equal Rights - Equal Responsibilities”. From 1988 (year of establishment) to 1993 she was honorary president of the Standing Central Board for Women’s Rights.

From 1988 to 1994 she was president of the Cyprus Welfare Council, of the Supreme Co-ordinating Board of Social Welfare Organisations and is one of the founders of the first organised body of volunteers in Nicosia.

In 1989 she established the Fine Arts and Music Fund of which she was president until 1996.

She was also president of the administrative committee of the “Radio Marathon for Children with Special Needs” from 1990 (year of establishment) to 1993.

In 1995 the United Nations Secretary General appointed her to the international advisory committee for the Fiftieth Anniversary of the United Nations together with thirteen other personalities worldwide.

She was president of the Cyprus Federation of Business and Professional Women (B.P.W. Cyprus) for two terms of office (1996-2000). She is still a member of the Federation.

On 1 January 2003 the Cyprus government and the Bank of Cyprus appointed her chairwoman of the Board of Trustees of the Bank of Cyprus Oncology Center.

She is honorary president of the World Federation of United Nations Associations (W.F.U.N.A.) and of the Cyprus - United Nations Association, of the Committee for the Restoration of Human Rights in Cyprus, of the Cyprus Association of Cancer Patients and Friends (PA.SY.KA.F.), of the Fine Arts and Music Fund and of the Cyprus Family Planning Association.

Barrister-at-Law (Middle Temple Inn of Court in London) and postgraduate studies in International Affairs [University College London (University of London)].