Cyprus Chrysostomidis passed away at the age of 80.
The well-known lawyer and politician was facing serious health problems after his battle with cancer.
Cyprus Chrysostomides[/B] was born in 1942 in Kathika, Paphos. He completed his high school studies at the Gymnasium of Paphos.
He studied law at the University of Athens and Comparative Law in Luxembourg and did postgraduate studies at the University of Bonn, where he was awarded a Doctorate in Law. He worked as a research assistant professor in Private International Law at the University of Bonn, Germany and continued his studies in England.
He worked for four years in Strasbourg, at the Human Rights Commission of the Council of Europe, where he participated in the Commission's investigation of the charges against the Athens Junta and the drafting of the Commission's condemnatory report. He settled in Nicosia, where he started to work as a lawyer, maintaining his own law practice since 1981.
He took an early interest in public affairs, became politically active in the centrist, progressive and democratic area and participated actively in the scientific and social life of Cyprus.
He was a founding member of the Consumers' Association, a member of the Society of Science, the Society of Greek Culture and the Society of Historical Studies. He was president of the Cyprus Institute for Political Research and European Affairs, which collaborates with many scientific institutions in Greece and abroad. He was also a member of the World Society of International Law, the Hellenic Society of International Law, the International Organization of Lawyers, and other international organizations. He has been honoured by the Hellenic and French Republic with medals.
He has participated and been a lecturer and speaker in many international conferences and his articles have been published in the Greek press and in foreign publications. He has also dealt with issues of international and constitutional law, human rights and local government. He was one of the first lawyers to defend cases of refugees and other victims of the Turkish invasion at the European Court of Human Rights.
His political career:
Initially he was a member of DIKO. In the 2001 municipal elections he contested the position of Mayor of Nicosia supported by AKEL, DIKO, KISSOS and New Horizons and garnered 48.52%, trailing his rival candidate Michalakis Zampelas who garnered 50.09%.
In the 2003 presidential elections he supported Tassos Papadopoulos, who was elected and on 1 March 2003 he was appointed Government Spokesman in the government of Tassos Papadopoulos. He remained in this position until January 2006, when he resigned for standing as a candidate for MP.
In the 2006 parliamentary elections he was elected MP in the Nicosia Constituency, working with AKEL for the Ninth Parliamentary Term. As an MP, he served as deputy chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Interior and member of the Parliamentary Committee on European Affairs, the Parliamentary Committee on Institutions, Values and Administration Commissioner, the Parliamentary Committee on Legal Affairs and the Parliamentary Committee on Transport and Works. In addition, he was a member of the Parliament's delegation to the Conference of the European Affairs Committees of the Parliaments of the Member States of the European Union.
In the 2008 presidential elections he supported Demetris Christofias in the first round, who was elected and on 29 February 2008 he was appointed Minister of Justice and Public Order in the government. He remained in this position until December 2008, when he resigned, taking responsibility for the escape of a convicted lifer from a private hospital where he was being treated. Cyprus Chrysostomidis, although not directly responsible, resigned for reasons of decency, which remains a benchmark to this day and is cited as an example of political ethics.
At the same time Cyprus Chrysostomides has a rich literary work as he has written books on the international aspect of the Cyprus problem, human rights and political life in Cyprus.
He has written 13 books in total and just a few days ago (15/11/22) his 13th book entitled "International Law: Violation and Decadence - The Dummy State in Occupied Cyprus".
Cyprus Chrysostomides was married to Eleni Polyviou with whom he had two daughters, Daphne and Georgia, and had 3 grandchildren.
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