Markos Kyprianou ( el, Μάρκος Κυπριανού ; born 22 January 1960) is a
Cypriot
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politician who served as a Minister of Foreign Affairs until his official resignation on 19 July 2011, following the events of the
Evangelos Florakis Naval Base explosion
On 11 July 2011, at Evangelos Florakis Naval Base, situated at Mari, Larnaca in Cyprus, a large amount of ammunition and military explosives self-detonated, killing 13 people, including the Commander of the Cyprus Navy, Andreas Ioannides, the ba ...
. A member of the
Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to:
*Democratic Party (United States)
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, he was formerly Cyprus's Finance Minister and the
European Commissioner for Health
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. He tendered his resignation as Commissioner on 29 February 2008 to become Foreign Minister in the government of newly elected President
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; the resignation took effect on 3 March 2008, when his successor,
Androulla Vassiliou
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, was confirmed as Commissioner.
Biography
Born in
Limassol
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, Kyprianou is the younger son of
Spyros Kyprianou
Spyros Achilleos Kyprianou ( el, Σπύρος Κυπριανού; 28 October 1932 – 12 March 2002) was one of the most prominent politicians and barristers of modern Cyprus. He served as the second president of Cyprus from 1977 to 1988.
...
, who was
President of Cyprus
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Currently, t ...
from 1977 to 1988, and former
Cypriot First Lady Mimi Kyprianou.
He studied law at the Law School of the
University of Athens
The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; el, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, ''Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the Univers ...
and at
Trinity College, Cambridge
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, where he specialised in international law and tax law and was awarded a master's degree in Law (LLM). He earned a second master's degree in law, specialising in Company Law and Taxation, at
Harvard Law School
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Each class ...
. He continued his academic career as a trainee at the Human Rights Commission of the
Council of Europe
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and by carrying out research in international law at the University of Cambridge.
As a commissioner, one of his policies was the promotion of
warnings on tobacco packets, with the Commission moving towards pictorial warnings. Following several
European Union member states enacting
bans on smoking in public places Kyprianou proposed a plan for an EU-wide ban of that kind. In May 2007, Kyprianou released a paper to tackle the shortage of
organ donation
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Donation may be for re ...
in the Union. The plan included promotion, specially trained medical staff and an EU wide organ donor card.
Markos Kyprianou was officially charged on 24 January 2012, together with seven other persons,
by the Attorney General of the Republic of Cyprus in relation to the Mari blast.
On 9 July 2013, a Cyprus Criminal Court found Markos Kyprianou innocent and acquitted him of all charges. On 9 February 2014, Kyprianou staged a political comeback as he was elected Deputy President of the Democratic Party in Cyprus.
Professional C.V.
* since 1985 practising law
* 1985–1991 associate with the law firm of Antis Triantafyllides & Sons
* 1991–1995 partner with the law firm of Kyprianou & Boyiadjis
* 1995– 2003 partner with the law firm of George L. Savvides & Co (merged with Kyprianou & Boyiadjis)
Political C.V.
* 1986–1991 Municipal Councillor for the City of Nicosia
* 1993–1997 President of the Youth Organization of the Democratic Party
* since 1986 Member of the Central Committee of the Democratic Party (DIKO)
* since 1990 Member of the Political Committee of the Party
* 1993–1998 and 2001 Member of the Executive Bureau of the Party
* 1991–2003 Member of the House of Representatives for the Nicosia District
* 1999–2003 Chairman of the House Committee on Financial and Budgetary Affairs
* 1 March 2003 – 30 April 2004,
Minister of Finance
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A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...
* from 1 May 2004 - 3 March 2008. Member of the
European Commission
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, (since November 2004 responsible for Health and Consumer Protection)
* from 3 March 2008 – 5 August 2011, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
* since 9 February 2014, Deputy President of Democratic Party.
Memberships
*
American Bar Association
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(associate member)
* Harvard Law School Association of Europe
*
International Bar Association
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* Cyprus
Red Cross
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Society
References
External links
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1960 births
Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
Cypriot European Commissioners
20th-century Cypriot lawyers
Cyprus Ministers of Finance
Cyprus Ministers of Foreign Affairs
Greek Cypriot people
Harvard Law School alumni
Living people
People from Limassol
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens alumni
Democratic Party (Cyprus) politicians
Children of national leaders
21st-century Cypriot lawyers