Dimitris Christofias : Ask Biography

Personal data

Date of birth

29 August 1946(age 69)

Place of birth

Dikomo, Cyprus

Nationality

Greek Cypriot

Political party

AKEL

Spouse

Elsie Chiratou

President of Cyprus

Assumed office

28 February 2008

President

vacant

Vice President

vacant

Preceded by

Tassos Papadopoulos

President of the House of Representatives

In office

7 June 2001 - 28 February 2008

Succeeded by

Marios Karoyian

Preceded by

Spyros Kyprianou

General Secretary of AKEL

In office

22 April 1988 - 21 February 2009

Succeeded by

Andros Kyprianou

Preceded by

Ezekias Papaioannou

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Dimitris Christofias also Demetris ( ) (born 29 August 1946) is a left-wing Greek Cypriot politician and the current and sixth President of the Republic of Cyprus. Christofias was the General Secretary of AKEL and is Cyprus's first, and the European Union's first and so far only, communist head of state. He won the 2008 Cypriot presidential elections in the second round of voting. Throughout the election campaign, he pledged to restart talks with Turkish Cypriots in order to find a solution to the Cyprus dispute and reunify the island. He has also supported the closure of the British military bases on Cyprus.