The Municipality of Sotiras expressed through its announcement its deepest sorrow for the death of Ouranios Ioannidis, a man "of visions and action". A man who connected his name with great works created in Sotira, such as the 2013rd Primary School of Sotira, the indoor sports hall of the XNUMXrd Primary School as well as the Public Pre-Primary Savior. Cyprus has lost a great political figure and Sotira has lost a friend who was next to us from the position of Member of Parliament, Minister of Education under the presidency of Glafkos Clerides and President of the Cyprus Olympic Committee. In XNUMX, the Municipality of Sotira honored the late Ouranios Ioannidis at the Sports and Volunteer Awards for his significant and wider contribution to Education and Sports.
Ouranios Ioannidis served as Minister of Education and Culture and Member of Parliament for the Nicosia Constituency, elected by DISY from 1996-1999. He was born in Nicosia on December 22, 1944.
He obtained a degree in physiognomy from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He went on to pursue a master's degree at Cardiff University, earning a master's degree in Educational Administration, Educational Psychology, Educational Technology and Research Skills.
In the period 1964-1969 he was president of the National Student Union of Cyprus Cyprus. In the period 1965-1967 he was vice-president of the Federation of National Student Unions of Cyprus.
He worked as a professor of physiology, biology and chemistry from 1971 to 1986 in secondary schools in Cyprus. In the period 1986-1992 he worked at the Pedagogical Academy of Cyprus as a professor of biological sciences and science. In the period 1992-1995 he was seconded for special duties of teacher training at the Pedagogical Institute of Cyprus.
In the period 1995-1996 he was a Senior Education Officer in the Directorate of Higher and Higher Education of the Ministry of Education and Culture. From 1997 to 1999 he was a professor and academic advisor at La Salle University.
He then became a member of DISY. He served as First Vice President of DISY (1997-1999). He was elected a member of parliament in the 1996 parliamentary elections in the Nicosia Constituency with the Democratic Alarm-Liberal Party coalition. On January 5, 1999, he was appointed Minister of Education and Culture in the government of Glafkos Clerides.
From 2008 to 2016, Ouranios Ioannidis was the President of the Cyprus Olympic Committee.
Ouranios Ioannidis was a football player of the Neapoli Olympics (1959-1960, 1975-1987), PAEEK Kyrenia (1961), APOEL (1961-63), Iraklis Thessaloniki (1963) and the School of Physics and Mathematics of the University of Thessaloniki (1963-1968). ) .In addition, he was a track and field athlete in high jump.
He was president of the Cyprus Sports Organization from 1988-1994. In the period 2003-2004 he was president of the Institute for European Democracy 2003-2004.
In addition, Ouranios Ioannidis served as President: the Pancyprian Association of Physiologists (1980-1991), the Olympic Sports Club of Neapolis (1972-1987), the Athletic Football Federation of the 1971 Cyprus World Cup (1988). -1977), the Cyprus Fencing Federation (1988-1986), the Cyprus Archery Federation (1988-1987), the Pancyprian Federation of Table Tennis (1988-1986), the Federation of Refugees and the Federation of Refugee Associations (1988) Car (1975 -1988), of the Christian Youth Union (1994-1997), of the Greek Football Athletic Club of Nicosia (1992-1997).