NICOSIA CONSTITUENCY,

PRESIDENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC RALLY PARTY (DISY)

 

 

Personal info:

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: 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.

Was: 

• Member of the Committee of Selection.
• Chairman of the House Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs.
• Leader of the delegation of the House to the Conference of Foreign Affairs Committees Chairs (COFACC) of Parliaments of EU Member States.

Is: 

• Leader of the DISY parliamentary group since May 2013.
• Member of the Committee of Selection.
• Chairman of the House Standing Committee on Foreign and European Affairs since 1 December 2011.
• Leader of the delegation of the House to the Conference of Community and European Affairs Committees of Parliaments of the European Union (COSAC).
• Leader of the delegation of the House to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) since May 2013.
• Member of the delegation of the House to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean since May 2013.
• Member of the delegation of the House to the Interparliamentary Conference for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and the Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP).

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.
• Deputy President of DISY.
• Member of the National Council, the supreme advisory body to the President of the Republic on the Cyprus problem.
• President of DISY since May 2013.

Contact info:

Address: PO Box 25305, 1308 Nicosia
Telephone: (+357) 22 883151
Fax: (+357) 22 753821
E-mail: [email protected]