Kyriakos Mavronikolas (born 25 January 1955) is a
Cypriot
Cypriot (in older sources often "Cypriote") refers to someone or something of, from, or related to the country of Cyprus.
* Cypriot people, or of Cypriot descent; this includes:
**Armenian Cypriots
**Greek Cypriots
**Maronite Cypriots
**Turkish C ...
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 ...
politician. He served as the Cypriot Minister of Defence from 2003 to 2006, and he sat as a
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 ...
for
Cyprus
Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...
from 2009 to 2012, when he vacated his seat and was replaced by
Sophocles Sophocleous.
Mavronikolas is a graduate of the
University of Athens faculty of medicine, and outside politics he works as an
ophthalmologist
Ophthalmology ( ) is a surgery, surgical subspecialty within medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of eye disorders.
An ophthalmologist is a physician who undergoes subspecialty training in medical and surgical eye care. Followin ...
.
Footnotes
1955 births
Living people
People from Paphos
Cyprus Ministers of Defence
Movement for Social Democracy MEPs
MEPs for Cyprus 2009–2014
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens alumni
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