Giorgos Lillikas

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Giorgos Lillikas

Giorgos Lillikas ( Greek Γιώργος Λιλλήκας , born June 1, 1960 in Panagia ) is a Greek Cypriot politician and former minister of the Republic of Cyprus .

Life

Lillikas studied political science and oriental studies in Lyon and Grenoble .

politics

While he initially appeared to be embarking on an academic career in France , he became an adviser to Cypriot President Georges Vassiliou in the late 1980s . Afterwards he was involved in anti-drug politics for several years and campaigned for the disabled.

After a stage in the private sector - from 1993 to 1996 he headed a PR and lobbying agency - he became a member of parliament for the left-wing AKEL in 1996 . During the following seven years he took on numerous parliamentary tasks and functions, including those with an international dimension; he headed the Cypriot delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly .

After Tassos Papadopoulos was elected President of Cyprus in 2003 , Lillikas became Minister of Trade and Industry. After a cabinet change in 2006, he became Foreign Minister and remained that way until July 16, 2007.

Awards

Individual evidence

  1. List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)