Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis ( el, Ερατώ Κοζάκου-Μαρκουλλή; born 3 August 1949) is a Cypriot politician who served as the
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus from July 2007 to March 2008 and from 5 August 2011 - 27 February 2013, as well as Minister of Communications and Works (Cyprus) from March 2010 to August 2011.
Early life
Marcoullis was born in
Limassol
Limassol (; el, Λεμεσός, Lemesós ; tr, Limasol or ) is a city on the southern coast of Cyprus and capital of the district with the same name. Limassol is the second largest urban area in Cyprus after Nicosia, with an urban population ...
in 1949. She studied law and public law/political science at
the University of Athens, graduating in 1972 and 1974, respectively.
[ She obtained a PhD in sociology and political science from the University of Helsinki in 1979.][
]
Career
From 1980 to 2007, she served as a diplomat in the Diplomatic Service of the Foreign Affairs Ministry of the Republic of Cyprus. Specifically, she served as Ambassador of Cyprus to the United States (1998-2003) with parallel accreditation to the World Bank
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, the International Monetary Fund
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, Canada, Brazil, Jamaica, Guyana, the International Civil Aviation Organization
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and the Organization of American States
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, as Ambassador to Sweden (1996–98), with parallel accreditation in Finland, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, as well as Ambassador to Lebanon and Jordan (2005–07).
Marcoullis served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from July 2007 until March 2008. Then she became Minister of Communications and Works in March 2010 and her tenure lasted until August 2011, when she was appointed for the second time Minister of Foreign Affairs. She was succeeded by Ioannis Kasoulidis
Ioannis Kasoulides ( el, Ιωάννης Κασουλίδης; born 10 August 1948 in Nicosia, Cyprus) is a Cypriot politician, party member of DISY and current Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus. He has served in the same position from 199 ...
on 1 March 2013.[
]
Personal life
She is married to George Marcoullis, and they have one son, Panos Marcoullis.
References
1949 births
Living people
Cyprus Ministers of Foreign Affairs
Cyprus Ministers of Communications and Works
Female foreign ministers
Women government ministers of Cyprus
Cypriot women diplomats
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