biography
pronunciation:
[kipriahnoo]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1932–2002)
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| biography:
| Cypriot statesman and president (1978–88), born in Limassol, S Cyprus. He attended the Greek Gymnasium, Limassol, continued his education at the City of London College, and was called to the bar in 1954. He became secretary to Archbishbop Makarios in London (1952), and returned with him to Cyprus in 1959. He was foreign minister (1961–72), and in 1976 founded the Democratic Front. He became president on the death of Makarios (1977), but despite efforts to find a peaceful solution to the divisions in Cyprus, success always eluded him. He was elected president of the Cypriot Republic's House of Representatives (1996–2001). |
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