FAMAGUSTA CONSTITUENCY,

DEMOCRATIC RALLY PARTY (DISY)

 

Personal info:

Place of origin and date of birth: Vasili Karpasias (occupied by Turkish troops), Famagusta District, 6 August 1965.

Marital status: Single.

Studies: BA in Political Science/Philosophy (Honors), (minor) History (Magna cum Laude) (George Washington University, Washington DC, United States of America) and Juris Doctor (George Mason University School of Law, Virginia, United States of America).

Profession: Lawyer.

Foreign languages: English, French.

Parliamentary tenure / activity:

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

Was:

• Deputy Parliamentary Spokesman of DISY.
• Deputy Chairman of the House Standing Committee on Defence Affairs, of the House Standing Committee on Development Plans and Public Expenditure Control and of the House Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Is: 

• Chairman of the House Standing Committee on Legal Affairs since April 2013.
• Member of the House Standing Committee on Defence Affairs and since April 2013 of the House Standing Committee on Foreign and European Affairs.

Political career:

• President of the High School Students Movement (MAKI) and founding member of the DISY Youth Organisation (NEDISY) (1976).
• Member of the DISY Famagusta District Council.
• Member of the Council of Europe Committee on Legal Issues concerning Anti-Doping since 1996 and of the Sports Ethics Committee of the Cyprus Sports Organisation (KOA) since 1993.
• DISY Commissioner for Refugees, Enclaved, Missing and Adversely Affected Persons since 2006.
• Vice-president of DISY since May 2013.

Contact info:

Address: 1, Georgiou Tyrimou St., Flat 21, 1101 Nicosia
Telephone: (+357)  22 590217
Fax: (+357) 22 590203
E-mail: [email protected]