Vassiliki Anastasiadou ( el, Βασιλική Αναστασιάδου; born 3 May 1958), is a Cypriot politician and was the Minister of Transport, Communications and Works from 1 March 2018 in the second cabinet of

Nicos Anastasiades Nicos Anastasiades ( el, Νίκος Αναστασιάδης ; born 27 September 1946) is a Cypriot politician who is the current president of Cyprus since 2013. He was re-elected in 2018. Previously, he was the leader of Democratic Rally betwe ...

until 3 December 2019, in a reshuffling of the cabinet. Born in Nicosia, Anastasiadou got her degree in Laws at

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 a master's degree in European Law from the

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. In her youth, Anastasiadou was an amateur singer and participated in the

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, Canada, representing Cyprus in a Song Festival. In 1983, she was appointed member of the Secretariat of the

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, becoming First Secretary. In 2002, Anastasiadou was appointed director of the European Affairs Service of the House of Representatives, which was in charge of harmonizing the European law to the Cypriot legislation for the inclusion of the country to the EU.Το βιογραφικό της νέας Υπουργού Μεταφορών - PIC

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