NICOSIA CONSTITUENCY
DEMOCRATIC RALLY PARTY (DISY)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personal information:

Place of origin and date of birth:
Nicosia, 6 December 1964.

Marital status:
Married to Charikleia Ellina; has two daughters.

Studies:
Law (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) and Political Science (John Fitzgerald Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University).

Profession:
Lawyer.

Foreign languages:
English.

Parliamentary tenure / activity:

Representative of Nicosia constituency under the banner of DISY since 2001.

Was:
- Parliamentary Spokesman of DISY (2013-).
- Member of the Committee of Selection.
- Chairman of the House Standing Committee on Educational Affairs and of the Ad Hoc
  House Committee on the Issue of Cyprus Airways.
- Vice President of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) (October 2017-December 2018).
- President of the Standing Committee on Economic and Sustainable Development of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) (October 2017-December 2018).
- Member of the delegation of the House to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA).

Is:
- Parliamentary Spokesman of DISY.
- Member of the Committee of Selection.
- Deputy Chairman of the House Standing Committee on Foreign and European Affairs.
- Member of the Ad Hoc House Committee on the Observance of the Rules of Procedure of the House of Representatives and full member of the House Special Committee on Declaration and Examination of Financial Interests. 
- Leader of the delegation of the House to the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA).
- Head of the delegation of the House to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
- Member of the delegation of the House to the Conference of Community and European Affairs Committees of Parliaments of the European Union (COSAC) and of the delegation of the House to the Interparliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the European Union (IPC SECG).

Political career:

- Member of the DISY Youth Organisation (NEDISY).
- Member of the board of the Cyprus State Fairs Authority (1994-2000).
- President of the Nicosia District Financial Management Committee of DISY (1995-1999).
- DISY Commissioner for the Environment and Sustainable Development (2001-2005).
- Honorary Consul of Kenya in Cyprus.
- DISY Commissioner for Educational Affairs and Co-ordinator of the Culture and Athletics Sector.
- Member of the Executive Bureau, of the Political Bureau and of the Supreme Council of DISY.
- Vice-president of DISY (2007-2012) with special responsibility for the party’s communication planning.

Publications:

“The Cyprus Shipping” (1991) (published in Greek language).

Contact info:

Address: PO Box 20342, 2151 Nicosia
Telephone: (+357) 22 665616
Fax: (+357) 22 671166
E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] 
Website: www.nicostornaritis.com
Twitter: @nicostornaritis
Facebook: www.facebook.com/nicostornaritis   
Instagram: @nicostornaritis