Marinos Sizopoulos ( el, Μαρίνος Σιζόπουλος; born 17 July 1957 in
Nicosia
Nicosia ( ; el, Λευκωσία, Lefkosía ; tr, Lefkoşa ; hy, Նիկոսիա, romanized: ''Nikosia''; Cypriot Arabic: Nikusiya) is the largest city, capital, and seat of government of Cyprus. It is located near the centre of the Mesaor ...
) 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
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politician and the current president of the
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 ...
(EDEK) party. From 2003 until 2011, he served as a member of the
House of Representatives
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. On 1 March 2015, he was elected president of the Movement for Social Democracy (EDEK), following the resignation of
Yiannakis Omirou
Yiannakis Omirou ( el, Γιαννάκης Ομήρου; born 18 September 1951) is a Greek-Cypriot politician. He was president of the Cypriot parliament from 2011 to 2016 and was leader of political party EDEK between 2001 and 2015.
Omirou w ...
. He is the Chairman of the Committee of the House of Representatives for the investigation of the Cyprus Problem ("File of Cyprus").
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References
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1957 births
Living people
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki alumni
Cypriot physicians
Movement for Social Democracy politicians
Leaders of political parties in Cyprus
Members of the House of Representatives (Cyprus)
People from Nicosia