Presidential Elections 2023
New President of the Republic, Nikos Christodoulidis
With a percentage of 51.9%, Nikos Christodoulidis was elected as the eighth president of the Republic, in the second round of the elections.
In the second round, 72.4% of registered voters voted. Invalids reached 2.1%.
The 49-year-old Mr. Christodoulidis is the youngest elected president in the history of the Republic of Cyprus.
From the beginning, his candidacy gathered the support of three parties, DIKO, EDEK and DIPA, also receiving a share of DISY voters.
During his political career, he served in the positions of diplomat, government representative and foreign minister.
He holds a BA in Political Science, Economics, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies from the City University of New York, Queens College, with MA in Political Science from New York University. He holds a PhD from the Department of Political Sciences and Public Administration of the University of Athens.
He was a diplomat from 1999 until 2018. During this time he served, among other things, as Consul General at the High Commission of the Republic of Cyprus in the United Kingdom, Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus in Athens and Spokesman for the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the EU at the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Cyprus in Brussels.
He was also Director of the Diplomatic Office of the President of the Republic (2013-2018) and as Government Representative (2014-2018). On March 1, 2018, he was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, a position he held until his resignation on January 11, 2022.
He was a Specialist Scientist and Lecturer at the Department of History and Archeology of the University of Cyprus between 2007 and 2010, specializing in History of the Postwar World. He is the author of the books "The Cyprus Solution Plans, 1948-1978" (2009), "Athens-Nicosia Relations and the Cyprus Problem, 1977-1988" (2013) and "The Geopolitical Realities in the Cyprus Solution Plans (1948-1978) )” (2021).
He is married to Filippa Karsera with whom they have four daughters.
Source: stockwatch.com.cy
Photo: istockphoto.com
12 February 2023
