Costas J. Clerides (born 1952) is a former attorney general of Cyprus having served between 2013 – 2020.

Personal life

Costas Clerides was born in 1952 in Nicosia, and educated at the

Pancyprian Gymnasium The Pancyprian Gymnasium (Greek: Παγκύπριον Γυμνάσιον) is the oldest still operational high school in Cyprus, founded in 1812. History In the same location as the current school there was an older school established in 1753 kn ...

until 1970. He is the son of Lefkos Clerides, and first cousin once removed of

Glafkos Clerides Glafcos Ioannou Clerides ( el, Γλαύκος Ιωάννου Κληρίδης; 24 April 1919 – 15 November 2013) was a Cypriot politician and barrister who served as the fourth president of Cyprus from 1993 to 2003. At the time of his death, ...

, who was

President of Cyprus The president of Cyprus, officially the president of the Republic of Cyprus, is the head of state and the head of government of Cyprus. The office was created in 1960, after Cyprus gained its independence from the United Kingdom. Currently, t ...

from 1993 to 2003. Clerides served as an officer in the

Cyprus National Guard , name2 = National Guard General Staff , image = Emblem of the Cypriot National Guard.svg , image_size = 100px , caption = Emblem of the National Guard of Cyprus , image2 = Flag of the ...

for two years, before reading law in London, where he was called to the Bar at the

Middle Temple The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known simply as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers, the others being the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn an ...

. Clerides is married, and has one son.

Career

Clerides practiced law for 10 years as a partner in the law firm Lefkos Clerides and Sons. In 1988, Clerides was appointed a district judge, and senior district judge in 1996, and in 1997 he was promoted to district court president. On 27 April 2009, he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Cyprus and retired on 10 September 2013 when he was appointed as Attorney General of the Republic.

References

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