Demetris Christofias
Politician
1946 –
Who is Demetris Christofias?
Demetris Christofias, also spelled Dimitris Christofias, is a left-wing Cypriot politician who was the sixth President of Cyprus from 2008 to 2013. Christofias was the General Secretary of AKEL, the communist party of Cyprus, and was the European Union's and Cyprus' first, and so far only, communist head of state. He won the 2008 Cypriot presidential elections in the second round of voting. Throughout the election campaign, he pledged to restart talks with Turkish Cypriots in order to find a solution to the Cyprus dispute and reunify the island. He has also supported the closure of the British military bases on Cyprus.
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- Born
- Aug 29, 1946
Dikomo - Spouses
- Elsie Chiratou
(1972 - )
- Elsie Chiratou
- Children
- Religion
- Atheism
- Greek Orthodox Church
- Eastern Christianity
- Ethnicity
- Greek Cypriots
- Nationality
- Cyprus
- Profession
- Education
- Russian Academy of Sciences
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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