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SYLLOURIS%20DemetrisSolidarity Movement MP Demetris Syllouris was elected House President on Thursday with the support of ruling DISY.

Demitris Syllouris gained 21 votes in the third round of voting during the 56-seat parliament’s first session following the May 22 elections.

Syllouris was voted by the 18 DISY MPs and his party’s three deputies.

The House presidency was contested by DISY leader Averof Neophytou, AKEL leader Andros Kyprianou, EDEK chairman Marinos Sizopoulos, and Green party chairman Giorgos Perdikis.

 

Personal info for Demetris Syllouris

Place of origin and date of birth:

Potamia, Nicosia District, 27 July 1953.

Marital status:

Married to Antigoni Nicolaidou; has three daughters and one son.

Studies:

Civil Engineering (North East London Polytechnic).

Profession:

Civil engineer.

Foreign languages:

English.

Parliamentary tenury / activity:

Representative of Nicosia constituency under the banner of the Democratic Rally Party (DISY)-Liberals Coalition 1991-2001, under the banner of DISY 2001-2004, independent 2004-2005 and under the banner of the European Party since 2005.

Was:

  • Parliamentary Spokesman of DISY (June 2001-May 2004).
  • Member of the Committee of Selection.
  • Chairman of the House Standing Committee on Trade and Industry.
  • Deputy Chairman of the House Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs.
  • Second Vice-chairman of the delegation of the House to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC).

Is:

  • Spokesman of the European Party group in the House.
  • Member of the Committee of Selection.
  • Chairman of the House Standing Committee on Institutions, Merit and the Commissioner for Administration (Ombudsman).
  • Member of the House Standing Committee on Foreign and European Affairs and of the House Standing Committee on Internal Affairs.
  • Member of the delegation of the House to the Conference of Community and European Affairs Committees of Parliaments of the European Union (COSAC).

Political career:

  • Secretary of the DISY Youth Organisation (NEDISY) and DISY Enlightenment Committees.
  • Nicosia District Organisational Secretary of DISY and General Secretary of the Party.
  • Observer to the European Parliament (2003) and member of the Political Group of the European People’s Party.
  • Member of the Cyprus Scientific and Technical Chamber (ETEK).
  • Founding member and President of the European Party since 2005.
  • Member of the National Council, the supreme advisory body to the President of the Republic on the Cyprus problem.

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