Nikos Kosis is a

Greek Cypriot Greek Cypriots or Cypriot Greeks ( el, Ελληνοκύπριοι, Ellinokýprioi, tr, Kıbrıs Rumları) are the ethnic Greek population of Cyprus, forming the island's largest ethnolinguistic community. According to the 2011 census, 659,115 r ...

politician who served as, Minister of the Interior and Defense, Minister of Justice and Public Order and as a

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in the

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Personal life

Kosis was born in the

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in the village of

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on 20 May 1933. He is fluent in both the Greek and

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languages and was the publisher of the newspaper "O agon". He has three children and is married to Louiza Kosi.

Political career

He was first elected as a member of parliament in the country's first parliamentary elections in 1960 as a member of parliament for the Nicosia District under the Patriotic Front. He was re-voted in the 1970 parliamentary elections under the

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party. On August 29, 1974, he was placed as Minister of the Interior and Defense and remained in that position until January 14, 1975. On the 9th of April 1997, he was made Minister of Justice and Public order and remained in that position until September 24, 2002.

References

{{Reflist Greek political people Greek government officials Greek politicians 1933 births Living people People from Nicosia District