Foreign Affairs Minister
Name: Marcos Kyprianou
Age: 48
Education: Law degree from Athens University, LL.M from Cambridge University, Masters from Harvard Law School.
Occupation: Practicing lawyer until 2003, when he became Finance Minister. In 2004 he was appointed EU Health Commissioner until his recent appointment as Foreign Minister.
Personal status: Single
Finance Minister
Name: Charilaos Stavrakis
Age: 52
Education: Economics degree from Cambridge University and MBA from Harvard Business School.
Occupation: Bank of Cyprus Deputy Group Chief Executive. In 2005 he was appointed Chairman of the Electricity Authority Board of Directors.
Personal status: Married with two children.
Interior Minister
Name: Neoklis Sylikiotis
Age: 49
Education: Mechanical Education degree from Aachen Polytechnic in Germany.
Occupation: AKEL activist. Served in EDON (AKEL youth group) as the Central Organising Secretary until 1995 when he joined AKEL’s central committee and heads the party’s Office of Education. From 2006 to July 2007 he served as Interior Minister.
Personal Status: Married with one child.
Defence Minister
Name: Kostas Papacostas
Age: 68
Education: Military School in Greece and further education at specialised police academies in the United States and Germany.
Occupation: Colonel in the National Guard and Deputy police chief until his retirement in 1996. He has been an AKEL deputy ever since.
Personal Status: Married with two children.
Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment Minister
Name: Michalis Polynikis Charalambides
Age: 59
Education: Studied medicine at Athens University and later specialised in pulmonary diseases.
Occupation: Pulmonary specialist.
Personal status: Married with three children.
Justice and Public Order Minister
Name: Kypros Chrysostomides
Age: 65
Education: Law degree from Athens University. Went on to obtain a diploma from the University of Luxembourg and a PhD from Bonn University.
Occupation: Lawyer. From 2003 to 2006 was government spokesman and since 2006 has been an AKEL deputy.
Personal status: Married with two children.
Commerce, Industry, and Tourism
Name: Antonis Paschalides
Age: 55
Education: Law degree from the UK and Barrister-at-Law qualification.
Occupation: Lawyer and law teacher at I.M.C.S Intercollege and AAT examiner.
Personal status: Married with two children.
Labour and Social Insurance Minsiter
Name: Sotiroulla Charalambous
Age: 45
Education: Political and social sciences degree from Sofia University in Bulgaria.
Occupation: Has held various positions at trade union PEO and in 2006 was elected the union’s Central Organising Secretary. She has been an AKEL deputy since 2001.
Personal status: Married with three children.
Education and Culture Minister
Name: Andreas Demetriou
Age: 68
Education: Psychology degree and PhD from Thessaloniki’s Aristotelio University. He also continued his postgraduate studies at the University of New South Wales in Australia.
Occupation: Cyprus University psychology professor and visiting professor at several European universities.
Personal status: Married with two children.
Communications and Works
Name: Nicos Nicolaides
Age: 55
Education: Electrical engineering degree from Dartmouth College in the United States and an MSc from the University of Southern California.
Occupation: Limassol’s Electricity Authority deputy manager until his appointment this week. President of the Licensing Authority since 2006.
Personal status: Married with two children.
Health Minister
Name: Christos Patsalides
Age: 34
Education: Law degree, MPhll in Law and PhD in Law from Hull University.
Occupation: Cyprus College professor. In 2007 he was appointed Interior Minister.
Personal status: Single.
