Popi Kanari was born in Nicosia and is a graduate of the English School. She studied Chemistry at the University of London and holds a PhD from the same University. She served for 37 years in the State General Chemistry Department, the last eight of which as Director. During her tenure as Director she established the first accredited laboratory in the National Guard for the testing of gunpowder in ammunition. She served on several boards, both locally and at the European level. She has served on the Advisory Board of the European Food Safety Authority, head of the European Network of Official Drug Laboratories and President of the American Association of Official Analytical Chemists (European Section). She is a consultant in the areas of Food Safety, Drugs and Toxicology.
She served as the first Chair of the National Anti-Doping Team for Clean Sport. She became a board member of the Karaiskakio Foundation (CF) in 1999 and was elected president in 2011, a position she still holds today. During her presidency of the Rotary Club "Nicosia - Lefkothea" in 2005, she coordinated 11 Rotary Clubs to create the first cord blood bank in KI. He is a member of the Boards of the Cyprus Cancer Research Institute, the Council of the European University and the Cyprus Research and Education Foundation - Cyprus Institute.
She is married, has two children and five grandchildren.
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