Markos Kyprianou

Markos Kyprianou (Greek: Μάρκος Κυπριανού [ˈmarkos cipriaˈnu]; born 22 January 1960) is a Cypriot politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs until his official resignation on 19 July 2011, following the events of the Evangelos Florakis Naval Base explosion. A member of the Democratic Party, he was previously Cyprus's Minister of Finance from 2003 to 2004 and a European Commissioner from 2004 to 2008. He tendered his resignation as Commissioner on 29 February 2008 to become Foreign Minister in the government of President Dimitris Christofias; the resignation took effect on 3 March 2008, when his successor, Androulla Vassiliou, was confirmed as Commissioner.[1][2][3]

Markos Kyprianou
Μάρκος Κυπριανού
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
3 March 2008 – 19 July 2011
PresidentDimitris Christofias
Preceded byErato Kozakou-Marcoullis
Succeeded byErato Kozakou-Marcoullis
European Commissioner for Health
In office
1 January 2007 – 3 March 2008
PresidentJosé Manuel Barroso
Preceded byHimself (Health and Consumer Protection)
Succeeded byAndroulla Vassiliou
European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection
In office
22 November 2004 – 1 January 2007
PresidentJosé Manuel Barroso
Preceded byPavel Telička
Succeeded byHimself (Health)
Meglena Kuneva (Consumer Protection)
European Commissioner for the Budget
In office
1 May 2004 – 22 November 2004
Serving with Michaele Schreyer
PresidentRomano Prodi
Preceded byMichaele Schreyer
Succeeded byDalia Grybauskaitė (Financial Programming and the Budget)
Minister of Finance
In office
1 March 2003 – 18 May 2004
PresidentTassos Papadopoulos
Preceded byTakis Klerides
Succeeded byMakis Keravnos
Personal details
Born (1960-01-22) 22 January 1960
Limassol, Cyprus
Political partyDemocratic Party
Parents
Alma materNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Trinity College, Cambridge
Harvard Law School
ProfessionLawyer

Biography

Born in Limassol, Kyprianou is the younger son of Spyros Kyprianou, who was President of Cyprus from 1977 to 1988, and former Cypriot First Lady Mimi Kyprianou.

He studied law at the Law School of the University of Athens and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he specialised in international law and tax law and was awarded a master's degree in Law (LLM). He earned a second master's degree in law, specialising in Company Law and Taxation, at Harvard Law School. He continued his academic career as a trainee at the Human Rights Commission of the Council of Europe and by carrying out research in international law at the University of Cambridge.

As a commissioner, one of his policies was the promotion of warnings on tobacco packets, with the Commission moving towards pictorial warnings.[4] Following several European Union member states enacting bans on smoking in public places Kyprianou proposed a plan for an EU-wide ban of that kind.[5] In May 2007, Kyprianou released a paper to tackle the shortage of organ donation in the Union. The plan included promotion, specially trained medical staff and an EU wide organ donor card.[6] Markos Kyprianou was officially charged on 24 January 2012, together with seven other persons,[7] by the Attorney General of the Republic of Cyprus in relation to the Mari blast.

On 9 July 2013, a Cyprus Criminal Court found Markos Kyprianou innocent and acquitted him of all charges. On 9 February 2014, Kyprianou staged a political comeback as he was elected Deputy President of the Democratic Party in Cyprus.

Professional C.V.
  • since 1985 practising law
  • 1985–1991 associate with the law firm of Antis Triantafyllides & Sons
  • 1991–1995 partner with the law firm of Kyprianou & Boyiadjis
  • 1995– 2003 partner with the law firm of George L. Savvides & Co (merged with Kyprianou & Boyiadjis)

Political C.V.
  • 1986–1991 Municipal Councillor for the City of Nicosia
  • 1993–1997 President of the Youth Organization of the Democratic Party
  • since 1986 Member of the Central Committee of the Democratic Party (DIKO)
  • since 1990 Member of the Political Committee of the Party
  • 1993–1998 and 2001 Member of the Executive Bureau of the Party
  • 1991–2003 Member of the House of Representatives for the Nicosia District
  • 1999–2003 Chairman of the House Committee on Financial and Budgetary Affairs
  • 1 March 2003 – 30 April 2004, Minister of Finance
  • from 1 May 2004 - 3 March 2008. Member of the European Commission, (since November 2004 responsible for Health and Consumer Protection)
  • from 3 March 2008 – 5 August 2011, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
  • since 9 February 2014, Deputy President of Democratic Party.

Memberships

References
  1. "EU Health Commissioner resigns to head Cyprus Foreign Ministry". People's Daily Online. 29 February 2008. Archived from the original on 6 March 2008. Retrieved 29 February 2008.
  2. "Europe - New EU Commissioner for Health". HealthManagement, Volume 10, Issue 2 /2008. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  3. "Council decision appointing a new member of the Commission" (PDF). Council of the European Union. 1 March 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 March 2009.
  4. Kyprianou, Markos (31 January 2007). "The Role of Pictorial Health Warnings in Europe's Tobacco Control Policy". European Commission. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  5. "Brussels Calls for EU-Wide Smoking Ban". DW.COM. 30 January 2007. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  6. "Brussels to push for EU-wide organ donor card". EUobserver. 30 May 2007. Archived from the original on 23 February 2011.
  7. "Κατηγορήθηκαν Μ.Κυπριανού και Κ.Παπακώστας για την τραγωδία στο Μαρί" [M. Kyprianou and K. Papakostas accused of the tragedy in Mari]. Philenews (in Greek). 24 January 2012. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
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