NICOSIA CONSTITUENCYDEMOCRATIC RALLY
PARTY (DISY)

 

 

 

 

 

Personal information:

Place of origin and date of birth:
Argaka, Pafos District, 31 July 1961.

Marital status:
Married to Maria Selipa; has one son.

Studies:
Economics and Accounting (New York Institute of Technology, United States of America).

Profession before election:
Economist.

Foreign languages:
English.

Parliamentary tenure/activity:

Representative of Pafos constituency under the banner of the DISY-Liberals Coalition (1996-1999) and of Nicosia constituency under the banner of DISY since 2006.

Has previously served as:
- Head of DISY parliamentary group in the House (2013-2023).
- Member of the Committee of Selection.
- Chairperson of the House Standing Committee on Financial and Budgetary Affairs.
- Chairperson of the House Standing Committee on Foreign and European Affairs.
- Head of the delegation of the House to the Conference of Foreign Affairs Committees Chairs of Parliaments of EU Member States.
- Head of the delegation of the House to the Conference of Parliamentary Committees for Union Affairs of Parliaments of the European Union (COSAC).
- Head of the delegation of the House to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
- Head of the delegation of the House to the Interparliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the European Union (IPC SECG).
- Head of the delegation of the House to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (PAM).

Currently serves as:
- Member of the Committee of Selection.
- Deputy Chairperson of the House Standing Committee on Energy, Trade, Industry and Tourism.
- Member of the House Standing Committee on Foreign and European Affairs.
- Head of the delegation of the House to the IPU and the PAM. 

Political career:

- Mayor of Polis Chrysochous (1991-1996).
- Minister of Communications and Works of the Republic of Cyprus during Glafkos Clerides’ presidency (1999-2003).
- DISY Commissioner for Financial Affairs and Development (2003-2013).
- Deputy President of DISY (2003-2013).
- President of DISY (2013-2023).
- Member of the National Council, the supreme advisory body to the President of the Republic on the Cyprus problem.

Contact info:

Address: PO Box 25305, 1308 Nicosia
Telephone: (+357) 22 883151, 22 883170
Fax: (+357) 22 753821
E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
Website: www.averof.org.cy 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AverofCY