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Fidias was born in Meniko, in the Nicosia District of Cyprus. [7] During his mandatory military service, he served in the Cypriot Underwater Demolition Team. [ 8 ] He has a fiancée named Styliana.
Cyprus [f] (/ ˈ s aɪ p r ə s / ⓘ), officially the Republic of Cyprus, [g] is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Although it is geographically located in West Asia, its cultural identity and geopolitical make-up are overwhelmingly Southeast European. It is the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean.
Nicos Anastasiades (Greek: Νίκος Αναστασιάδης [ˈnikos anastasiˈaðis]; [1] [2] born 27 September 1946) is a Cypriot politician and businessperson, who served as the seventh president of Cyprus from 2013 to 2023.
President of Cyprus Notes Suheyla Kucuk: August 16, 1960 July 15, 1974 Archbishop Makarios III: Makarios III, a clergyman and politician, was unmarried. [2] Vera Sampson (de facto) July 15, 1974 July 23, 1974 Nikos Sampson (de facto) Sampson was installed following the 1974 Cypriot coup d'état against Makarios Lila Irene Clerides (acting) July ...
Erasmia "Mimi" Kyprianou (Greek: Μιμή Κυπριανού; 1932 – November 22, 2021) was the inaugural First Lady of Cyprus from 1977 to 1988 during the presidency of her husband, Spyros Kyprianou. She was Cyprus' first official first lady, as the country's first president, Archbishop Makarios III, a clergyman, was unmarried. [1] [2]
The following is a list of people of full or partial Turkish Cypriot origin. This includes notable people in the community who were born on the island of Cyprus during the Ottoman era (1570-1878/1914), the British era (1878/1914-1960), as well as with the formation of the Republic of Cyprus (1960–present), the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus (1975–83), and the Turkish Republic of ...
Durrell moved to Cyprus in 1953, following several years spent working for the British Council in Argentina and the Foreign Office in Yugoslavia. [1] Having relinquished government employment, Durrell wanted to plunge himself once more into writing, and wanted to return to the Mediterranean world he had experienced in Corfu and Rhodes .
Stasanor (lived 4th century BC), Cyprus-born Greek officer of Alexander the Great, later satrap of Drangiana, Bactria, and Sogdiana Stasinus (~7th century BC), one of the first European poets, a semi-legendary early Greek poet, author of the epic poem " Cypria ", related to the Trojan War