Yiannakis Omirou

Yiannakis Omirou
Γιαννάκης Ομήρου
Omirou in 2013
11th President of the House of Representatives
In office
2 June 2011 – 2 June 2016
Preceded byMarios Garoyian
Succeeded byDemetris Syllouris
2nd President of EDEK
In office
2001–2015
Preceded byVassos Lyssarides
Succeeded byMarinos Sizopoulos
Personal details
Born (1951-09-18) 18 September 1951 (age 73)
Paphos, Cyprus
Political partyEDEK
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Yiannakis Omirou (Greek: Γιαννάκης Ομήρου; born 18 September 1951) is a Greek-Cypriot politician. He was president of the Cypriot parliament from 2011 to 2016 and was leader of political party EDEK between 2001[1] and 2015.[2][3]

Omirou was born in Paphos and studied law at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He was an active member of the resistance movement against the 1974 coup.[citation needed] He is single and speaks English fluently.

  1. ^ Ker-Lindsay, James; Hubert Faustmann (2008). The Government and Politics of Cyprus. Peter Lang. p. 106. ISBN 978-3-03911-096-4.
  2. ^ "EDEK chairman resigns". Cyprus Mail. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Parliament of Cyprus". parliament.cy.