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Giorgos Lillikas ( el, Γιώργος Λιλλήκας; born 1 June 1960) is a Cypriot
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. Following the election of
Tassos Papadopoulos Efstathios "Tassos" Nikolaou Papadopoulos ( el, Ευστάθιος (Τάσσος) Νικολάου Παπαδόπουλος; 7 January 1934 – 12 December 2008) was a Cypriot politician and barrister who served as the fifth president of Cy ...
as President in 2003, Lillikas became Minister of Commerce and Industry. He was subsequently the
Foreign Minister A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between cou ...
from 2006 to 2007. He was an independent candidate at the 2013 Cypriot presidential election.


Studies

He studied
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at the Institute of Political Science in
Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of th ...
, France, majoring in information and communications. He also holds a diploma in special studies on the
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from the Middle East Research Centre and the Institute of Political Science in Lyon. He continued his studies at the Institute of Political Science in
Grenoble lat, Gratianopolis , commune status = Prefecture and commune , image = Panorama grenoble.png , image size = , caption = From upper left: Panorama of the city, Grenoble’s cable cars, place Saint-A ...
and was awarded a master's degree in Political Science. During his studies in France he was actively involved in the student movement. Between 1985 until 1987 he was member of the Historic Politology Research Team of the National Scientific Research Centre of France. From 1988 until 1990 he served as special advisor to the
President of the Republic of Cyprus The president of Cyprus, officially the president of the Republic of Cyprus, is the head of state and the head of government of Cyprus. The office was created in 1960, after Cyprus gained its independence from the United Kingdom. Currently, t ...
George Vasiliou Giorgos Vasos Vassiliou ( el, Γιώργος Βασιλείου; born 20 May 1931) is a Cypriot politician who served as the third president of Cyprus from 1988 to 1993. He was also the founder and leader of the Cypriot United Democrats party (E ...
. He then served for three years as the General Secretary of the Secretariat for the New Generation. During those years, he has been very active in associations and organizations involved in the anti-drugs movement and in the social integration of children with special needs. Also, he represented Cyprus in many international conferences and gave many lectures in Cyprus and abroad on the
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and the problems of youth. He published many articles and studies, both in the Cypriot and the international press. From 1993 to 1996 he was
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of a
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, strategic marketing, and
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.


Political career

In 1996, he was elected Member of the
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as a candidate of the left-wing party
AKEL The Progressive Party of Working People ( el, Ανορθωτικό Κόμμα Εργαζόμενου Λαού, ; abbr. , AKEL; tr, Emekçi Halkın İlerici Partisi) is a Marxist–LeninistHelena Smith, Cyprus gets ready for a communist 'takeove ...
in the Nicosia electoral district and was re-elected in the
parliamentary elections A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...
of 2001. He served on the Parliamentary Committees on Finance, Foreign and European Affairs, Education, and Trade and chaired the Parliamentary Committee on the Environment. He was head of the Cyprus Parliamentarian Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the
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(OSCE), and was elected Vice President of its Committee of Political Affairs and Security for the period 2001–2002. Lillikas served as Minister of Commerce, Industry, and Tourism from March 2003 until his appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs on June 13, 2006. He has also served as acting government spokesman between January and June 2006.


Personal life

He was married to Barbara Petropoulou until their divorce in 2018. They have one son together, Orpheas.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lillikas, Yiorgos 1960 births Living people Cyprus Ministers of Foreign Affairs Members of the House of Representatives (Cyprus) Progressive Party of Working People politicians Cyprus Ministers of Communications and Works