The new Council of Ministers of the new government of Anastasiadis was announced at noon on Tuesday for the next five years.
See CVs of government officials:
Minister of Foreign Affairs: Nikos Christodoulidis
Nikos Christodoulidis was born in Geroskipou, on December 6, 1973. He graduated in 1991 from the Lyceum of Archbishop Makarios III in Paphos. He studied Political Science, Economics, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies at Queens College, City University of New York, and then pursued postgraduate studies in Political Science at New York University and a Master's Degree in Diplomacy at the University of Malta. In 2003 he was awarded a doctorate from the Department of Political Science and Public Administration of the University of Athens.
Since 1999 he has been a member of the Diplomatic Service of the Republic of Cyprus and has served as Consul General in London, Deputy Chief of Mission of the Embassy of the Republic of Athens in Athens, Adviser to the Permanent Mission of Cyprus to the European Union. He was the Spokesman for the Presidency of the European Union during the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
On September 1, 2013, he was appointed Director of the Diplomatic Office of the President of the Republic, and since April 11, 2014, he has also been a Government Representative.
He has taught at the Department of History and Archeology of the University of Cyprus as a Specialist in the subject "History of the Post-World War II". He is the author of the books "Solution Plans of the Cyprus problem, 1948-1978" (Athens 2009) and "The Relations between Athens - Nicosia and the Cyprus issue, 1977 - 1988" (Athens 2013), as well as a series of scientific articles on modern Cypriot foreign policy and history.
He is married to Philippe Carcera and the father of four daughters, Ioanna, Aikaterini, Despina and Phoebe.
Minister of Finance: Haris Georgiadis
Haris Georgiadis was born on April 9, 1972, in Nicosia. He studied English, Economics and International Relations and European Studies at the Reading University of Great Britain, where he graduated in 1996. He has completed postgraduate studies at the Institute of International and European Studies at Reading University, until 1998.
He worked in the tourism sector of Cyprus. In DISY, he served as Secretary of the party's Youth, NE.DISY. Shortly afterwards, he became president of the Movement's Young Scientists Organization. Afterwards, he took over as Director of the Office of the President of DI.SY., Nikos Anastasiadis. In 2009, he was appointed Party Spokesperson, until his appointment as Minister in 2013. At the same time, he participated in the Department of Finance and Development of DI.SY.
In 2011, he was elected Member of Parliament for Nicosia for the first time. After Nikos Anastasiadis took over the presidency of Cyprus, he resigned from his seat to participate in the Government.
On February 28, 2013, he was appointed Minister of Labor and Social Security. On April 2, 2013, he was appointed Minister of Finance of Cyprus, succeeding the resigned Michalis Sarris [1].
Minister of Interior: Konstantinos Petridis
Konstantinos Petridis was born in Nicosia on July 1, 1974. He studied Economics at the University of Nottingham and then obtained a Master's degree in Political Economy (MSc Political Economy of Transition in Europe) from the London School of Economics. .
During the negotiations for the accession of Cyprus to the EU in 2000, he worked on harmonization issues at the Cyprus-EU Relations Directorate at the Planning Office.
From 2000 to 2006 he was a Senior Officer at the Cyprus Banking Association and a representative of the Association at the European Banking Federation.
In 2006 he was hired by the European Commission in Brussels, where he worked as an economist at the General Directorate of Agriculture and the General Directorate of Competition until September 2011. During his tenure at the European Commission, he negotiated trade liberalization agreements and worked. aid.
In September 2011, he took over as Director of the Office of the President of the Democratic Alarm until March 1, 2013, when he was appointed by the President of the Republic as Deputy Minister in spite of the President. During his tenure, he was also assigned the political oversight of Administrative and Developmental Reform.
On May 11, 2017, he took over as Minister of the Interior.
Minister of Labor: Zeta Aimilianidou
Zeta Emilianidou was born in Nicosia. He holds a law degree from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and holds a degree in Marketing Management from the Cyprus Institute of Marketing. She has passed the exams of the Pancyprian Bar Association and has been a registered lawyer since 1978.
From 2001 to 2010 she was Director of the Customs Department and Supervisor of Value Added Tax. He was also a member of the Board of Directors of the Cyprus Port Authority. From 2010 to 2013 she served as Director General of the Ministry of Energy, Industry and Tourism and also served as President of the Cyprus Energy Foundation and the Special Fund for Renewable Energy and Energy Saving.
During her many years of service, she was the leader of the team that prepared the current Customs Legislation of the Cypriot Legislation and a member of the team that designed and prepared the Tax Value Added Tax. She is the author of the book entitled "The Value Added Tax in Cyprus" published in 1992, the year in which the VAT Legislation came into force for the first time. As Director General of the Ministry of Energy, Trade, Industry and Tourism, she was responsible for completing the 2nd Round of Licensing of Hydrocarbon Exploration Permits in the offshore areas of Cyprus and was the chairwoman of the Advisory Committee, which was responsible under its law. companies that showed interest, which eventually led to the signing of contracts for 5 pieces of the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Republic of Cyprus.
On April 3, 2013, he was appointed by the President of the Republic to the post of Minister of Labor, Welfare and Social Insurance of the Republic of Cyprus, a position he still holds today.
Minister of Energy: George Lakkotrypis
George Lakkotrypis was born in Nicosia on May 30, 1970. He is married to Christiana and they have two daughters.
A graduate of the School of English, he studied Mathematics and Informatics (BSc.) At Keele University in the United Kingdom (1988-1991) and did postgraduate studies in Business Administration (MBA) at the University of Colorado, USA, with a Fulbright Scholarship (1993-1995). .
In 1991 he was hired by the company Ioannou & Paraskevaidis as head of information systems at the company's branch in Benghazi, Libya. In 1995, returning to Cyprus from the USA, he was employed by IBM Cyprus. His work for the next six years focused on sales, serving companies and partners of the company.
In 2003, he was the first employee to be hired by Microsoft to expand the company's operations in the country. After five years of rapid growth, its management cycle is expanding, and it is taking over the position of CEO of Microsoft Cyprus and Malta.
At the same time, in 2008 he was appointed by the Council of Ministers as a member of the Board of Directors of the Cyprus Investment Attraction Organization (CIPA), a position he held until November 2011. From 2009 until today he actively participates as a member of the Board of Directors of the Public Physical Society Gas (DEFA).
In November 2011, his duties at Microsoft were expanded with his appointment as Director of Public Sector, Microsoft Central & Eastern Europe, a position he holds to this day. Its main mission is the development of the company's activities in 24 countries which extend from the Balkans to the Baltic countries and from Kazakhstan and Central Asia to Cyprus and Malta.
George Lakkotrypis brings with him a wealth of experience both locally and internationally in terms of good and effective management, achieving short-term and medium-term goals, strategic planning, gas issues, strategic partnerships and multidimensional negotiations, etc. .
Minister of Education: Costas Hambiaouris
Costas Hambiaouris was born in Eba, Paphos in 1963. He graduated from the 9th High School of Limassol and then served in the National Guard.
He studied pedagogy at the Pedagogical Academy of Cyprus and at the Pedagogical Department of Primary Education (PTDE) of the University of Athens. He attended postgraduate courses at the Universities of Cyprus and Bath in Great Britain, from where he received his MA degrees in Mathematics Education and MA in Education respectively. He continued his postgraduate studies at the PTDE of the University of Athens where he was awarded a doctorate. He received postgraduate training with a Fulbright Scholarship from Connecticut University in the United States of America in Computer Science in Education.
He has been working in Primary Education for 32 consecutive years. He served as a Teacher, Assistant Director, Director, Inspector and now holds the position of First Education Officer. He is the Head of the European Funds Management Unit of the Ministry of Education and Culture (Ministry of Culture) and Chairman of the Interdepartmental Mathematics Committee. She represents the General Manager of the Ministry of Culture in the Board of Directors of the Foundation "G. N. Kalogeropoulos ".
In August 2015, he was appointed by the Council of Ministers as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the School for the Blind "Agios Varnavas", a position he holds to this day.
He occasionally collaborated as a visiting professor with various university institutions. He pioneered the establishment of the Cyprus Scientific Association of Teachers for the Utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (KESEA-ICT). He contributed to the organization of educational conferences and the implementation of many research projects. He participated in conferences and other European actions in Cyprus and abroad. He has a rich writing career.
He is married to Eleni Tziaouri-Hambiaouri and they have two children, Ioanna and Nikolas.
Minister of Defense: Savvas Angelidis
Savvas Angelidis was born on January 26, 1974. He graduated in 1993 from the Lyceum of Archbishop Makarios III. In 1996 he graduated from Birmingham University with a degree in Law. He has been practicing law since 1997, including criminal, civil and corporate law, civil liability of an employer and claiming large damages for medical negligence as well as part of arbitration.
He won the exams of the Pancyprian Bar Association for obtaining a license to practice law. Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure at Frederick University. Author of Legal Articles. Speaker at conferences on a variety of legal issues.
He was a Member of the National Betting Authority. He represented the Bar Association at the European Association of Physical Injuries.
Minister of Health: Konstantinos Ioannou
Konstantinos Ioannou was born on March 24, 1969. He is a graduate of the English School and studied at the Manchester School of Management, UMIST, UK, specializing in accounting and marketing. He also holds an honorary master's degree from the School of Hotel Administration, SC Johnson Business School - Cornell University, USA in Management in Hospitality MMH.
He is the founder and CEO of CC Coffee Company. which owns the rights to use Gloria Jean's Coffees International in Cyprus with 12 stores.
He is also the Founder, Advisor and Member of the Board of Directors of IMH Ltd.
He also wrote and published a series of reports and analyzes in relation to the tourism and hotel sector.
Minister of Justice: Ionas Nikolaou
He was born in Geri, Nicosia province, on January 21, 1963. He is married to Maria Kinani and they have two daughters, Eleni and Anna.
He studied law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and did postgraduate studies in London on European Union issues and practiced law from 1989 to 2013.
He was elected Member of Parliament for Nicosia with the Democratic Alarm in the elections of May 27, 2001 and was re-elected in the elections of May 21, 2006 and May 22, 2011.
He was chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Legal Affairs from June 2004 to February 2013 and leader of the delegation of the House of Representatives to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union (CIS). During his parliamentary term, he participated in parliamentary missions and specialized conferences in Cyprus and abroad.
In March 2013, he was appointed Minister of Justice and Public Order in the Government of the President of the Republic, Mr. Nikos Anastasiadis, until today. As Minister, he has participated in all Councils and Informal Meetings of the Ministers of Justice and Home Affairs of the EU Member States, participated in international conferences and conferences in Cyprus and abroad, represented Cyprus in various missions and gave a number of lectures. of. It has promoted the conclusion of Agreements and the signing of Memoranda of Understanding with third countries to combat organized crime, drug trafficking and trafficking in human beings, police co-operation, co-operation in judicial assistance, and the signing of Memoranda of Understanding to upgrade education. members of the Police and the modernization of the penitentiary system
Political - social activities
He became involved in politics from a very young age after being a founding member of the Youth of the Democratic Alarm (NE.DI.SY.), which he served as chairman of the Student Council (1979-1980) and as a member of the Steering Committee of NEDISY. ., leading in the establishment of the Student Movement (MA.KI.).
During his studies in Greece he was a founding member of the Cypriot Student Party "Protoporia" and a member of its councils from 1982 to 1985. He was also a student representative on the Council of the Law School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and a member of the National Student Union of Cypriots (EFEK) of Thessaloniki.
After his successful tenure at NEDISY, he became active in the Democratic Alarm and in 1990 was elected a member of the Nicosia Provincial Executive Secretariat in the positions of provincial secretary of branch organizations, provincial organizational secretary and provincial secretary until 2003.
In 2007 he was elected Vice President of the Democratic Alarm and served as Commissioner for Justice and Public Order, a member of the Council of Politburo and the party's Supreme Council.
In 1995 he was appointed a member of the board of directors of the Cyprus Cereals Committee and in 1998 as vice-chairman of the board of directors of the Cyprus Electricity Authority (A.H.K.) until 2001, where he took part in specialized seminars on the liberalization of the energy market. competition, strategic planning and the reorganization and development of monopoly markets in Cyprus.
Minister of Agriculture: Costas Kadis
Costas Kadis was born in Nicosia in 1967. He graduated from the Pancyprian High School in 1985 and then served in the National Guard until 1987.
He studied at the Department of Biology of the University of Athens, from which he received his degree in 1991 and his doctorate with honors in 1995. K. Kadis' studies also include attending special postgraduate programs in Ecology of the Mediterranean Landscape at the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute. , in matters of Teaching Science in the Department of Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Athens, and in matters of Research Management Funded by the State, in University C ornell of the United States.
Mr. Kadis worked at the University of Athens as a postgraduate associate and postdoctoral researcher and at the Underground Center for Environmental Management, of the Cyprus Development Bank, as a scientific advisor. In 1998 he was appointed to the Research Promotion Foundation (RPF) and served the Foundation from the positions of Officer, Officer A ', Head of Sector and Deputy General Manager. In 2005, he returned to academia, where he created the Frederick University Research Unit, the Nature Conservation Unit, which focuses on the rational management of natural resources and sustainable development.
At the same time, he is elected to the position of Dean of the School of Education Sciences. From these positions, it participates in more than 30 research projects funded by the EU, the United Nations and other local and international bodies. In most of these works, K. Kadis is a scientific supervisor. Through these projects, K. Kadis created networks of cooperation with dozens of Universities, research centers and scientists from Cyprus and beyond the 30 countries abroad. He also co-ordinated three postgraduate programs (one PhD and two Master's degrees) at Frederick University School of Education.
K. Kadis has participated in dozens of local and international scientific conferences presenting results of his scientific work. His work includes books, dozens of articles published in international scientific journals and conference proceedings after scientific evaluation, articles in books, research reports and studies on sustainable development, environmental management, natural resource management, biodiversity conservation and the environment.
He has supervised many undergraduate and graduate students in the preparation of their dissertations. He has also participated in electoral bodies for the evaluation of members of academic staff at Universities in Cyprus and abroad. He is an evaluator of papers in international scientific journals, an evaluator of research programs in Cyprus and abroad, while he has participated / chaired / evaluated committees of evaluation of Greek Universities.
K. Kadis has been a member of various scientific committees in Cyprus and abroad and has represented Cyprus many times, both in research and environmental issues.
From July 2007 to February 2008, he served as Minister of Health in Cyprus, in the Government of Tassos Papadopoulos. In 2008 he was appointed by the then President of the Republic Dimitris Christofias, Chairman of the Technical Committee for the Environment, in the context of the efforts to resolve the Cyprus Problem.
In March 2014, he was appointed by the President of the Republic, Nikos Anastasiadis, as Minister of Education and Culture, a position he held until February 2018.
He is married to Marina Michailidou-Kadi and they have two children, Sofia and Christoforos.
Minister of Transport: Vasiliki Anastasiadou
Vasiliki Anastasiadou was born on May 3, 1958 in Nicosia. She is married to Stelios Anastasiadis and they have a daughter and a son.
He studied law at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and postgraduate studies in European Law (LLM in European Union Law) at the University of Leicester.
She worked as a trainee lawyer and obtained a license to practice. In 1983, he was appointed Secretary of the Parliamentary Committees of the Parliamentary Committee on Representatives of the House of Representatives. He rose to all levels of the hierarchy of this service. In 1999, in addition to her duties as First Secretary of Parliamentary Committees, she was tasked with coordinating the extraordinary service of Parliament that undertook the task of harmonizing Cypriot legislation with the acquis communautaire. In 2002, she was appointed Director of the then newly established European Parliamentary Affairs Service, a position from which she worked for the successful completion of harmonization with the EU acquis until the accession of Cyprus to the European Union. In 2007 she was appointed Director of the Parliamentary Committee Committee and in 2013 General Director of the House of Representatives.
She was involved in music as an amateur and especially in art singing during her student days. After the Turkish invasion, he performed melodic poems inspired by the tragedy of 1974. In 1977, he represented Cyprus at the Edmonton Song Festival in Canada as part of the Commonwealth Games.
Government Spokesman: Prodromos Prodromou
He was born on November 23, 1958 in Germany. It derives its origin from Assia and Samos. Son of the famous teacher George Prodromos. In 1976 he graduated from the Pancyprian High School. He studied at the Université de Paris-Ouest, Nanterre La Defense and in 1981 obtained a degree in Economics. Then in 1982, he obtained a degree in Sociology from the Université de Paris-X-Nanterre, and in 1985 he obtained a degree in Political Science from the Université de Paris-X-Nanterre.
Postgraduate degrees and research:
Economics, International Economics and Financial Economics, Université de Paris-X-Nanterre (1982-1986), Sociology, Université de Paris-X-Nanterre and École des Hautes auttudes en Sciences Sociales (1984-1985), and finally Political Science , Université de Paris-X-Nanterre (1985-1987).
Deputy Government Spokesman: Clelia Vassiliou
Clelia Vassiliou was born on December 11, 1979 in Pelendri. He graduated from the Apitheio High School of Agros. He holds a degree in Political Science from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
She has worked for various positions in private companies, while today Klelia Vassiliou is the Director of the Troodos Development Company and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Forest Industries of Cyprus.
Source: KATHIMERINI