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Cyprus (European Parliament Constituency)
Cyprus is a European Parliament constituency for elections in the European Union covering the member state of Cyprus. It is currently represented by six Members of the European Parliament. Members of the European Parliament Elections 2004 The 2004 European election was the sixth election to the European Parliament. However, as Cyprus had only joined the European Union earlier that month, it was the first election European election held in that state. The election took place on 13 June 2014. The number of registered voters was 483,311 – out of which 503 were Turkish Cypriots and 2054 EU nationals – while the total number of people who voted was 350.387 or 72.50% of the registered voters. The number of polling stations was 1077, allocated to each polling district in the following manner: Nicosia 416, Limassol 323, Famagusta (free area) 50, Larnaca 169 and Paphos 119. The six seats were contested by 59 candidates, belonging to parties or party coalitions or running as ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Parliament Constituency
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are elected by the population of the member states of the European Union (EU). The European Electoral Act 2002 allows member states the choice to allocate electoral subdivisions or constituencies (, , , ) for the European Parliament elections in several different ways. Most EU countries operate a single national constituency which elects MEPs for the whole country. Belgium and Ireland are each subdivided into constituencies, with electoral results calculated separately in each constituency. Germany, Italy and Poland are each subdivided into electoral districts, with the number of representatives determined at the national level after each election in proportion to the votes cast in each district. In Germany, political parties are entitled to present lists of candidates either at Länder or national level. France was subdivided into 8 constituencies from 2004 until 2019. Denmark had a separate constituency for Greenland until 1985, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antigoni Papadopoulou
Antigoni Papadopoulou (Greek: Αντιγόνη Παπαδοπούλου; ''née'' Pericleous (Greek: Περικλέους); born July 8, 1954) is a Greek Cypriot politician and chemist. She was one of the first two Cypriot women to be elected as Members of the European Parliament ( MEPs) among six Cypriot MEPs (2009). She is a former Member of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus and the First Woman to serve as Chair of the House’s Committee of Economic Affairs and Budgeting (2006–2009). She was an Assembly Member of the Council of Europe from 2001 to 2009 and has also served as Vice Chairperson of the Committee of Economic Affairs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2003–2009). Papadopoulou was the elected Mayor of Morphou from 1996 to 2001. She was the first female mayor in the city's history and the only elected female mayor of Morphou so far, as well as the first woman to serve as a national parliamentarian in the District of Ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niyazi Kızılyürek
Niyazi Kızılyürek (, born 19 February 1959) is a Turkish Cypriot political scientist and politician. He is, as of 2016, a professor of political history in the University of Cyprus, specialising on the political history of Turkey and Cyprus, and the Dean of the School of Humanities there. Biography Niyazi Kızılyürek born in Potamia , fled to Louroujina along with his family due to the intercommunal violence of 1964. After completing high school in Northern Cyprus, he went to University of Bremen, where he graduated with a BA and MA in Sociology, Politics and Economics in 1983. He completed his PhD at the same university, with a thesis on the Cyprus dispute. He produced a documentary called ''Our Wall'' with Panicos Chrysanthou, later winning the Apdi İpekçi Peace Award for the documentary in 1997. In 1995, he entered the University of Cyprus as a lecturer. Upon his entry, he was targeted by fascists, nationalist politicians and media, facing a year-long campaign for his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 European Parliament Election In Cyprus
An election was held on 26 May 2019 to elect six representatives from Cyprus to the European Parliament. The Democratic Rally (DISY) has won every election to the European Parliament since Cyprus joined the European Union in 2004. According to final results, DISY again won the election with 29% and 2 seats. There were no changes in seat allocation, with AKEL also at 2 seats after securing 27% of the vote. DIKO and EDEK had 1 seat each, with 14% and 11% of the vote, respectively. In terms of percentage, this was EDEK's best European elections result since 2004 (although that year it did not win any seats). Some attributed this in part to tactical voting, with many fearing the far-right ELAM gaining a seat had it finished fourth. Opinion polls Results References {{Cypriot elections European Parliament elections in Cyprus 2019 in Cyprus 2010s in Cypriot politics Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neoklis Sylikiotis
Neoklis Sylikiotis ( el, Νεοκλής Συλικιώτης; born 24 January 1959) is a Cypriot politician. From July 2014 to July 2019, he was a Member of the European Parliament and Vice-Chair of GUE/NGL. Sylikiotis was the Cypriot Minister of the Interior between September 2006 and July 2007, and again, between March 2008 and March 2012. Between March 2012 and February 2013, he was Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism. Sylikiotis is a member of leftist party AKEL. Personal life and education Sylikiotis was born in Limassol in 1959. He studied mechanical engineering at RWTH Aachen RWTH Aachen University (), also known as North Rhine-Westphalia Technical University of Aachen, Rhine-Westphalia Technical University of Aachen, Technical University of Aachen, University of Aachen, or ''Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hoch .... He is married and has a son. References External links * 1959 births Living people MEPs for Cyprus 2014–2019 Progressive Party of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitris Papadakis
Dimitris Papadakis (born 22 August 1966), is a Cypriot politician, who since July 2014 has served as a Member of the European Parliament, representing Cyprus for the Movement for Social Democracy The Movement for Social Democracy ( el, Κίνημα Σοσιαλδημοκρατών, translit=Kinima Sosialdimokraton, EDEK) is a Greek Cypriot, social-democratic political party in Cyprus. Overview The party was founded by Vasos Lyssaridis i .... Parliamentary service *Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs *Member, Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee References Living people 1966 births Movement for Social Democracy MEPs MEPs for Cyprus 2014–2019 People from Famagusta MEPs for Cyprus 2019–2024 {{Cyprus-MEP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costas Mavrides
Costas Mavrides (born 27 May 1962) is a Cypriot politician, who since 2014, has been a Member of the European Parliament, representing Cyprus. He is a member of Democratic Party. He sits with the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament. Early life and education He was born in Kato Dikomo in 1962. He studied Economics at Rutgers University Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a Public university, public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's ..., and holds a PhD in Economics from Houston University. He worked as an academic from 1995 until 2004, and taught at universities in the USA, Greece and Cyprus. Parliamentary service *Member, Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs *Member, Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee References Living people 1962 births MEPs f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 European Parliament Election In Cyprus
Cyprus's component of the 2014 European Parliament election was held on Sunday, 25 May 2014. In total, 6 Members of the European Parliament were elected from Cyprus. Parties Ten parties or coalitions contested the European Parliament election in Cyprus: *AKEL – Left – New Forces (Progressive Party of Working People) *Democratic Party (DIKO) *Democratic Rally (DISY) (in coalition with European Party (EVROKO)) * National Popular Front (ELAM) * Citizens' Alliance *EDEK Movement for Social Democracy – Green Party (coalition) *Action (D.R.A.Sy-Eylem) *Animal Party Cyprus *Message of Hope *Cyprus Socialist Party There were also eight independent candidates. Opinion polls Results Elected MEPs The following candidates were elected: *Democratic Rally – European Party coalition – Eleni Theocharous and Christos Stylianides *AKEL – Left – New Forces – Takis Hadjigeorgiou and Neoklis Sylikiotis *Democratic Party – Costas Mavrides *EDEK – Green Party coalition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Pitsillides
Andreas Pitsillides ( el, Ανδρέας Πιτσιλλίδης; born 9 June 1977) is a Cypriot theologian, politician, party member of DISY and former Member of the European Parliament A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its .... Since 2020, he has been a Chaser in the Cypriot version of '' The Chase'' quiz show. References External links Biography 1977 births Living people MEPs for Cyprus 2009–2014 Democratic Rally MEPs Greek Cypriot people Cypriot theologians {{Cyprus-MEP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophocles Sophocleous
Sophocles Sophocleous (born 7 August 1962) is a Cypriot Movement for Social Democracy politician. He sat as a Member of the European Parliament for Cyprus between 2012 and 2014. He was the Cypriot Minister of Justice and Public Order from 2006 to 2008. Sophocleous is a law graduate of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He was the mayor of Pano Lefkara, his hometown, from 1992 to 2006, and he was the vice-president of the Movement for Social Democracy from 2000 to 2012. He was appointed Minister of Justice and Public Order in 2006, and he stayed in post until Tassos Papadopoulos lost the Cypriot presidency at the 2008 presidential election. Sophocleous took the seat of Kyriakos Mavronikolas Kyriakos Mavronikolas (born 25 January 1955) is a Cypriot Movement for Social Democracy politician. He served as the Cypriot Minister of Defence from 2003 to 2006, and he sat as a Member of the European Parliament for Cyprus from 2009 to 2012, wh ... in the European Parliament followi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takis Hadjigeorgiou
Takis Hadjigeorgiou ( el, Τάκης Χατζηγεωργίου; born 11 December 1956) is a Cypriot politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Progressive Party of Working People, sitting with the European United Left–Nordic Green Left group, on the European Parliament's Committee of Foreign Affairs. He is also a member of the Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee and Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees. Born in Pano Akourdaleia, Paphos in 1956, Hadjigeorgiou completed his studies in law National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and journalism (Journalism Workshop) in Athens in 1980 and subsequently moved back to Cyprus. Upon returning to his home country, he worked as a freelance journalist and later produced and aired programs with the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation. He became famous through his TV talk show "Χωρίς Πλαίσια" (Without Borders), which covered c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Movement For Social Democracy
The Movement for Social Democracy ( el, Κίνημα Σοσιαλδημοκρατών, translit=Kinima Sosialdimokraton, EDEK) is a Greek Cypriot, social-democratic political party in Cyprus. Overview The party was founded by Vasos Lyssaridis in 1969 as the United Democratic Union of the Centre, EDEK (, ΕΔΕΚ). It was originally a strongly anti-imperialist Third World socialist party with roots in the struggle against British colonial rule, influenced by the philosophies of Baathism, Muammar Gaddafi and Nasserism, and by the 1968 movement. Since the early 1980s, EDEK has evolved into a European-style social-democratic party. It has however not given up its nationalist orientations. The party changed its name to "Movement for Social Democracy" in 2000. EDEK is led by Marinos Sizopoulos and is a member of the Party of European Socialists and Socialist International. History Formation and early years Members were drawn from the committee for re-establishment of democracy in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
