Former Nicosia Mayor Lello Demetriades passed away.
As his son Achilleas told CNA, Mr Demetriades, who had been experiencing health problems for some time, passed away at the Nicosia General Hospital in the early afternoon of Saturday.
Lello Demetriades was born in Nicosia in 1933. He studied economics and law and worked as a lawyer.
He served as a Nicosia MP with the Patriotic Front between 1960-1969 and with the United Party between 1969-1970. In the period 1966-1969 he was a parliamentary representative of the Patriotic Front and between 1969-1970 a parliamentary representative of the United Party.
In 1971 he was appointed Mayor of Nicosia, a position he held until 31 December 2001, with the exception of a few weeks between July and August 1974. He was elected Mayor of Nicosia in 1986, 1991 and 1996.
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