Cyprus Ministers of Foreign Affairs - Spyros Kyprianou, Georgios Iacovou, Markos Kyprianou, Giorgos Lillikas, Alekos Michaelides (Paperback)

Chapters: Spyros Kyprianou, Georgios Iacovou, Markos Kyprianou, Giorgos Lillikas, Alekos Michaelides, List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Spyros Achilleos Kyprianou (or Cyprianou) (October 28, 1932 March 12, 2002) was one of the most prominent politicians of modern Cyprus. He served as the second President of the Republic of Cyprus from 1977 to 1988. Kyprianou was born in Limassol in 1932. He studied Economics and Commerce at the City of London College and law at Grays Inn. He also studied comparative law, receiving a diploma. During the time he spent in London as a student, Kyprianou founded the National Union of Cypriot Students in England (E.F.E.K.A.) of which he was the first President. In 1952 he was appointed Secretary of Archbishop Makarios in London and in 1954 he assumed responsibility for the Office of the Secretary of the Cyprus Ethnarchy in London, the major objective of which was to inform British public opinion on the Cyprus issue. This effort was intensified after the start of the liberation struggle in Cyprus in 1955. Due to this activity, he was forced to leave the UK in June 1956 and went to Greece. There, he collaborated with the Panhellenic Committee for Self-Determination for Cyprus which aimed to raise the profile of the Cyprus case on the international scene. From August 1956 to March 1957, Kyprianou represented the Cyprus Ethnarchy in New York. Later, he was allowed to return to his London post as representative of the Cyprus Ethnarchy. He stayed in London until the signing of the London - Zurich Agreements for the independence of Cyprus and returned to Cyprus with Archbishop Makarios in March 1959. During the transitional period after the signing of the agreeme...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=55120