Mimi Kyprianou ( el, Μιμή Κυπριανού; 1932 – November 22, 2021) was a Greek-born Cypriot public figure and inaugural

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from 1977 to 1988 during the presidency of her husband,

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. S ...

. She was Cyprus' first official

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, as the country's first president, Archbishop

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, was unmarried.

Biography

Kyprianou was born Mimi Pagathrokliton in the city of Veria, Second Hellenic Republic. She moved to London to study

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. During her time as a student in London, Pagathrokliton met her future husband,

, who was a law student. Pagathrokliton and Kyprianou began collaborating on charitable activities for the National Union of Cypriot Students in England (E.F.E.K.A.), including plays and theater productions to raise money for a night school for Cypriot children in London. The couple married in Athens in 1956 and had two sons, Achilleas and Markos. Mimi Kyprianou died in

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, where she had been hospitalized at

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, on November 22, 2021, at the age of 89. She was buried in Agios Nikolaos Cemetery in Limassol.

References

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