NICOSIA CONSTITUENCY,

2006-2013 (He resigned as Member of the House of Representatives upon his appointment as Government Spokesman.)

 
Personal info:

Place of origin and date of birth:
Nicosia, 26 June 1958.

Marital status:
Married to Thoula Charalambides; has one son.

Studies:
Dental Surgery (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece) and postgraduate studies in Political Science, International Relations and European Studies with specialisation in European Institutions (United Kingdom and John Fitzgerald Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University).

Profession:
Dental surgeon.

Foreign languages:
English.

Parliamentary tenure / activity:

Representative of Nicosia constituency under the banner of DISY 2006-2013.

  Deputy Chairman of the House Standing Committee on Foreign and European Affairs.
  Member of the House Standing Committee on Labour and Social Insurance.

  Member of the delegation of the House to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).

Political career:

 Government Spokesman during Glafkos Clerides’ presidency (1998-1999).
 DISY Commissioner for European Affairs (2006-2008).
 Member of the DISY Executive Bureau since 2006.
 Co-ordinator of the DISY Internal and Decentralisation Sector until 2011.