Former Prosecutor General of the Republic Alekos Markidis passed away a while ago.
The news of the death of Alekos Markidis was announced by the lawyer and friend of Chris Tranatafyllidis in a post on the internet.
Alekos Markidis "left" a while ago. A great lawyer. A piece of jewelry for the legal profession. For those who knew him well, a man with rare, for our days, principles. "Have a nice trip" Aleko. Thank you for honoring me with your friendship, he wrote.
Ο Alekos Markidis He was born in Nicosia on January 23, 1943. He studied law at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and worked as a lawyer.
In the period 1979-1993 he was General Secretary of DISY and in the period 1993-1995 he was vice-president of the party.
He was elected member of parliament in the 1985 parliamentary elections in the Nicosia Constituency with DISY. He was re-elected in the 1991 parliamentary elections with the Democratic Alarm-Liberal Party coalition.
On February 1, 1995, he was appointed Attorney General of the Republic of Cyprus, a position he held until April 23, 2003.
In the 2003 presidential election, he ran for the presidency of the Republic of Cyprus as an independent candidate. After the election, he resigned as Attorney General