Markos Kyprianou

Markos Kyprianou
Μάρκος Κυπριανού
Kyprianou in 2007
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
3 March 2008 – 19 July 2011
PresidentDimitris Christofias
Preceded byErato Kozakou-Marcoullis
Succeeded byErato Kozakou-Marcoullis
European Commissioner for Health
In office
1 January 2007 – 3 March 2008
PresidentJosé Manuel Barroso
Preceded byHimself (Health and Consumer Protection)
Succeeded byAndroulla Vassiliou
European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection
In office
22 November 2004 – 1 January 2007
PresidentJosé Manuel Barroso
Preceded byPavel Telička
Succeeded byHimself (Health)
Meglena Kuneva (Consumer Protection)
European Commissioner for the Budget
In office
1 May 2004 – 22 November 2004
Serving with Michaele Schreyer
PresidentRomano Prodi
Preceded byMichaele Schreyer
Succeeded byDalia Grybauskaitė (Financial Programming and the Budget)
Minister of Finance
In office
1 March 2003 – 18 May 2004
PresidentTassos Papadopoulos
Preceded byTakis Klerides
Succeeded byMakis Keravnos
Personal details
Born (1960-01-22) 22 January 1960 (age 64)
Limassol, Cyprus
Political partyDemocratic Party
Parents
Alma materNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Trinity College, Cambridge
Harvard Law School
ProfessionLawyer

Markos Kyprianou (Greek: Μάρκος Κυπριανού [ˈmarkos cipriaˈnu]; born 22 January 1960) is a Cypriot politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs until his official resignation on 19 July 2011, following the events of the Evangelos Florakis Naval Base explosion. A member of the Democratic Party, he was previously Cyprus's Minister of Finance from 2003 to 2004 and a European Commissioner from 2004 to 2008. He tendered his resignation as Commissioner on 29 February 2008 to become Foreign Minister in the government of President Dimitris Christofias; the resignation took effect on 3 March 2008, when his successor, Androulla Vassiliou, was confirmed as Commissioner.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "EU Health Commissioner resigns to head Cyprus Foreign Ministry". People's Daily Online. 29 February 2008. Archived from the original on 6 March 2008. Retrieved 29 February 2008.
  2. ^ "Europe - New EU Commissioner for Health". HealthManagement, Volume 10, Issue 2 /2008. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Council decision appointing a new member of the Commission" (PDF). Council of the European Union. 1 March 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 March 2009.