Márkos Kyprianoú
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Márkos Kyprianoú , Greek Μάρκος Κυπριανού [ ˈmarkɔs kipriaːˈnu ] (pronounced Márkos Kiprianú , born January 22, 1960 in Limassol ) is a Cypriot politician. From February 2008 to August 2011 he washis country's foreign minister . He was previously the EU Commissioner in Brussels . He is the son of Spýros Kyprianoú , the Cypriot President from 1977 to 1988.
education
He studied law at the University of Athens and graduated then at Trinity College of the University of Cambridge and at Harvard University from, each with a master's degree.
Careers in Cyprus
1986-1991 he was city councilor of Nicosia and since 1986 member of the Central Committee of the Democratic Party of Cyprus , after 1990 he was also represented on the political committee of the party, from 1993 to 1997 president of the youth organization and 1993 to 1998 and 2001 of the executive office of the party.
Since 1991 he has sat in the Cypriot House of Representatives . On March 1, 2003, he became Minister of Finance . On April 30, 2004, he resigned from all of these offices because he became EU Commissioner . From March 3, 2008 to August 5, 2011 he was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus.
Career in the European Union
Since May 1, 2004, he and Michaele Schreyer have been the budget commissioner . From November 18, 2004, he was Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection . On January 1, 2007, when Bulgaria joined the EU, he handed over the consumer protection department to Meglena Kunewa from Bulgaria . On February 28, 2008, Kyprianou announced his resignation to the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso , to take up the post of Foreign Minister of his home country in the government of President Christofias . On April 10, 2008, Androulla Vassiliou took over the position of EU Commissioner, which has now become vacant .
Web links
Michel Barnier (until April 2004) | Frits Bolkestein | Philippe Busquin | David Byrne | Anna Diamantopoulou (until March 2004) | Franz Fischler | Neil Kinnock | Pascal Lamy | Erkki Liikanen (until July 2004) | Mario Monti | Poul Nielson | Loyola de Palacio | Chris Patten | Romano Prodi | Viviane Reding | Michaele Schreyer | Pedro Solbes (until April 2004) | Günter Verheugen | António Vitorino | Margot Wallström
Additions:
Joaquín Almunia (from April 2004) |
Péter Balázs (from May 2004) |
Jacques Barrot (from April 2004) |
Joseph Borġ (from May 2004) |
Stavros Dimas (from March 2004) |
Ján Figeľ (from May 2004) |
Dalia Grybauskaitė (from May 2004) |
Danuta Hübner (from May 2004) |
Siim Kallas (from May 2004) |
Sandra Kalniete (from May 2004) |
Márkos Kyprianoú (from May 2004) |
Janez Potočnik (from May 2004) |
Olli Rehn (from July 2004) |
Pavel Telička (from May 2004)
Joaquín Almunia | José Manuel Barroso | Jacques Barrot | Joseph Borġ | Stavros Dimas | Benita Ferrero-Waldner | Ján Figeľ (until October 2009) | Mariann Fischer Boel | Franco Frattini (until May 2008) | Dalia Grybauskaitė (until July 2009) | Danuta Hübner (until July 2009) | Siim Kallas | László Kovács | Neelie Kroes | Márkos Kyprianoú (until March 2008) | Peter Mandelson (until October 2008) | Louis Michel (until July 2009) | Andris Piebalgs | Janez Potočnik | Charlie McCreevy | Viviane Reding | Olli Rehn | Vladimír Špidla | Günter Verheugen | Margot Wallström
Additions:
Catherine Ashton (from October 2008) |
Karel De Gucht (from July 2009) |
Meglena Kunewa (from January 2007) |
Leonard Orban (from January 2007) |
Paweł Samecki (from July 2009) |
Maroš Šefčovič (from October 2009) |
Algirdas Šemeta (from July 2009) |
Antonio Tajani (from May 2008) |
Androulla Vassiliou (from March 2008)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kyprianoú, Márkos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Κυπριανού, Μάρκος (Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cypriot politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 22, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Limassol |