Ioannis Kasoulides ( el, Ιωάννης Κασουλίδης; born 10 August 1948 in

Nicosia Nicosia ( ; el, Λευκωσία, Lefkosía ; tr, Lefkoşa ; hy, Նիկոսիա, romanized: ''Nikosia''; Cypriot Arabic: Nikusiya) is the largest city, capital, and seat of government of Cyprus. It is located near the centre of the Mesaori ...

Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ...

) is a Cypriot politician, party member of DISY and current Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus. He has served in the same position from 1997 until 2003, and again from 2013 to 2018. He was

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from 2004 until 2013. He has held a number of political posts in Cyprus, including member of the

House of Representatives of Cyprus The House of Representatives ( el, Βουλή των Αντιπροσώπων ; tr, Temsilciler Meclisi) is the national unicameral legislature of the Republic of Cyprus. Members and three observers representing Armenian, Latin, and Maronite Cy ...

from 1991 until 1993, and government spokesman from 1993 until 1997.

Education and career

Kasoulides studied medicine at the

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, and founded and served as the chairman of the Federation of Cypriot Students Unions in France. He graduated in 1974 with MD. From 1975 until 1981, he was a hospital doctor and lecturer in London. He specialised in

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in London, at the

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, in 1981. From 1981 until 1993, he practised medicine in Nicosia. Secretary Kerry Meets With Cypriot Foreign Minister Kasoulides

Ioannis Kasoulides served the

Democratic Rally The Democratic Rally ( el, Δημοκρατικός Συναγερμός, translit=Dimokratikós Sinagermós, ΔΗΣΥ/DISY) is a liberal-conservative, Christian-democratic political party in Cyprus led by Averof Neofytou. The party was founded ...

in various roles, including that of Chair of the party's Youth Organization. In 1991, he was elected as a member of the

and in March 1993 he was appointed by then President

Glafkos Clerides Glafcos Ioannou Clerides ( el, Γλαύκος Ιωάννου Κληρίδης; 24 April 1919 – 15 November 2013) was a Cypriot politician and barrister who served as the fourth president of Cyprus from 1993 to 2003. At the time of his death, h ...

as the Government Spokesman, a position he held until April 1997 when he was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs. He remained Foreign Minister until the end of term of the Clerides administration in 2003. As Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kasoulides oversaw Cyprus' EU integration process. He founded consulting firm "DDK Strategy and Public Affairs" in 2003. In June 2004, Ioannis Kasoulides was elected to be a member of the European Parliament. He sat on the Foreign Affairs Committee and was as a substitute on the Transport and Tourism Committee. He held various other European Parliament committee positions, including the Presidency of the ad hoc Delegation for the Human Rights in Western Sahara. Ioannis Kasoulides sat as a Member of the Bureau of the European's People Party until November 2007, when he stood as candidate for the Presidency of Cyprus. Ioannis Kasoulides ran for President in the Cypriot presidential election of 2008. He won the first round, but lost in the second to Demetris Christofias. Kasoulides received just under 47% of the vote. In June 2009, Ioannis Kasoulides was re-elected Member of the European Parliament, achieving a new personal record regarding number of votes. He was elected Vice-Chairman of the Presidency of the EPP group in the European Parliament, where he was appointed as the head of the Foreign Affairs Working group. Ioannis Kasoulides has joined the

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on March 30, 2018 as Chairman of the Strategic Council.Kasoulides joins EuroAsia Interconnector, Cyprus Mail 30.3.2018
/ref>Former Foreign Minister of the Republic of Cyprus Ioannis Kasoulides joins EuroAsia Interconnector Chairman of the Strategic Council
/ref>End of energy isolation of Cyprus, Sigmalive 31.3.2018
/ref> After the resignation of

Nikos Christodoulides Nikos Christodoulides (born 6 December 1973) is a Cypriot politician, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2018 to 2022 and Spokesperson of the Government from 2014 to 2018. Prior to entering politics, he was an academic and career dip ...

as Foreign Minister on January 9,2022, Kasoulides was chosen again by President Anastasiades to be the Minister after 4 years of absence from active political life. He was sworn in on January 11.

Personal life

Kasoulides is married to

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Emy Kasoulidou and they have one daughter, Joanna. He is fluent in English, French and German. He co-authored the book ''Cyprus – EU: the Accession as I Witnessed It''.

Awards and decorations

Ioannis Kasoulides has been awarded with the following honours: *Officer of the Order of the Legion of Honour.The Chairman of EuroAsia Interconnector Strategic Council awarded France’s highest decoration
/ref> *Commander of the Order of the Phoenix of the

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*Commander of the

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of the

*Commander of the

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*Commander of the

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*Commander of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre *Palestinian

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2000 Award *Athens Municipality Highest Distinction Award

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Personal life

Awards and decorations

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