Marios N. Lefkaritis (; born on 28 November 1946 in

Limassol Limassol, also known as Lemesos, is a city on the southern coast of Cyprus and capital of the Limassol district. Limassol is the second-largest urban area in Cyprus after Nicosia, with an urban population of 195,139 and a district population o ...

) is a Cypriot football administrator and industrial manager. He is honorary president of the

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. Since 1996 he has been a member of the UEFA Executive Committee, and since 2007 he is also a member of the

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. Leftarikis is one of the directors of the Cypriot oil company ''Petrolina''. It belongs to the ''Lefkaritis Group'', which operates mainly in trade, bottling and transportation of

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and

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Life

Since 1971, he has been working for the Cypriot oil company

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, part of family-owned ''Lefkaritis Group''. From 1972 to 1977 he was a board member of the football club

Apollon Limassol Apollon Limassol FC (, ''Apollon Lemesou'') is a Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol. It has football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1954, Apollon FC currently plays in the Cypriot First Division and has won the championship tit ...

. From 1985 he was a member of the Presidium of the Cyprus Football Association. Starting in 1991, he spent ten years as President of the Association and was subsequently Honorary President. Since 2002, Lefkaritis has been honorary president of the Romanian football club

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. Lefkaritis is married, has three daughters and lives in Limassol.

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