Born in
Moniatis, Limassol District, on 3 October 1945. Married to Margarita
Charalambous; has two daughters and one son. Lawyer.
PARLIAMENTARY ACTIVITIES
At the parliamentary
elections of 19 May 1991 he was elected Member of the House of
Representatives standing as a DISY candidate in Limassol and was
re-elected at the parliamentary elections of 26 May 1996, 27 May 2001
and 21 May 2006.
He was parliamentary
spokesman of DISY and chairman of the House Standing Committee on
Development Plans and Public Expenditure Control.
He was also one of the three
vice-chairmen of the Executive Committee of the Cyprus Branch of the
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.
He is parliamentary spokesman
of the party, a member of the Committee of Selection, of the House
Standing Committee on Institutions, Merit and the Commissioner for
Administration (Ombudsman), of the Ad Hoc House Committee on Rules of
Procedure and a full member of the Special House Committee on
Declaration and Examination of Financial Interests.
He is a member of the
delegation of the House to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of
Europe.
POLITICAL - SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
During his studies he was
president of the National Union of Cypriot Students in England.
He was district secretary of
DISY in Limassol.
He is currently a member of
the Political Bureau of DISY.
Publications
He has published numerous
articles of a political and scientific nature and has engaged himself in
the question of the protection of human rights and political freedoms.
STUDIES
Law (LL.B.) [Queen Mary
College (University of London)]; Barrister-at-Law (Middle Temple Inn of
Court, London).
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
English.
Address: P.O. Box 54137, 3721
Limassol
Telephone: (+357) 22407232,
25346634
Fax: (+357) 25346633
E-mail:
cpourgourides@parliament.cy,
pclaw@thanderworx.com
