NICOSIA CONSTITUENCY,

2001-2013   (He resigned as Member of the House of Representatives upon his appointment as Minister.)

  
Personal info:

Place of origin and date of birth:
Geri, Nicosia District, 21 January 1963.

Marital status:
Married to Maria Kinani; has two daughters.

Studies:
Law (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece) and postgraduate studies in London in European Union matters.

Profession:
Lawyer.

Foreign languages:
English.

Parliamentary tenure / activity:

Representative of Nicosia constituency under the banner of DISY  2001-2013.

Was: 

  Chairman of the House Standing Committee on Legal Affairs.

  Head of the delegation of the House to the Parliamentary Assembly for Western European Union (WEU).

  Chairman of the House Standing Committee on Legal Affairs.
  Member of the House Standing Committee on Internal Affairs.

Political career:

 Founding member of the DISY Youth Organisation (NEDISY), organisational member of the High School Students Section and President of the High School Students Council of NEDISY (1979-1980).
 Member of the NEDISY Steering Committee (1986-1990) and one of the pioneers in the establishment of the High School Students Movement (MAKI).
 Elected member of the Nicosia District Executive Secretariat of DISY, Departmental Organisations Secretary (1990-1999), Nicosia District Organisational Secretary (1993-1999) and Nicosia District Secretary of DISY (1999-2003).
 Member of the board of the Cyprus Grain Commission (1995-1998).
 Vice-chairman of the board of the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) (1998-2001).
 DISY Commissioner for Justice, member of the Political Bureau Commissioners Council and of the Supreme Council of DISY.
 Vice-president of DISY.