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Demetris Christofias

The comrade

By Helena Smith  -  27.03.2008 / 00:00 CET
It was vintage Demetris Christofias, that as Cyprus's newly elected president, he would ask Mehmet Ali Talat, the leader of the island's Turkish community, to conduct their first meeting over a ‘Cypriot' coffee.

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The CV

1946: Born, Dikomo, Cyprus
1964: Member of AKEL
1969: Member of AKEL's central council
1969-74: Doctorate in history from Moscow Academy of Sciences
1974: Works for AKEL's youth organization (EDON)
1977-87: General secretary of EDON
1988: General secretary of AKEL
1991: Member of the Cyprus House of Representatives
2001-08: President of the Cyprus House of Representatives
2008: Elected president of Cyprus with 53.37% of the vote

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