Pantelis Kouros ( el, Παντελής Κούρος; 10 December 1932 – 8 May 2021) was a Greek Cypriot politician. A member of the Democratic Rally, he served as from 1993 to 2003.

Biography

Kouros was born 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 ...

in 1932, where he attended

Pancyprian Gymnasium The Pancyprian Gymnasium (Greek: Παγκύπριον Γυμνάσιον) is the oldest still operational high school in Cyprus, founded in 1812. History In the same location as the current school there was an older school established in 1753 kn ...

. He earned degrees in public relations and business administration. In 1969, he became a close associate of

Glafcos Clerides Glafcos Ioannou Clerides ( el, Γλαύκος Ιωάννου Κληρίδης; 24 April 1919 – 15 November 2013) was a Cypriot politician and barrister who served as the fourth president of Cyprus from 1993 to 2003. At the time of his death, h ...

, who founded

Eniaion The United Party ( el, Ενιαίον Κόμμα), known in Greek simply as ''Eniaion'' ("United"), was a short-lived moderate right-wing political party in Cyprus. History The party was established by Glafcos Clerides in February 1969 as a spl ...

. He joined Clerides' office when the latter became

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. From 1976 to 1993, he directed the political office of the Democratic Rally party. He became Deputy Minister to the President in the and continued serving in the position in the . He remained in the position until the end of Clerides' term in 2003. Pantelis Kouros died on 8 May 2021 at the age of 88.

References

1932 births 2021 deaths Cypriot politicians Greek Cypriot people Politicians from Nicosia Democratic Rally politicians {{Greece-politician-stub