[PIO] Announcement of the House of Representatives on the death of the former MP and EOKA fighter Thassos Sofokleous

The news of the death of former MP, educator and militant Thassos Sofokleous, one of the last living leading members of EOKA, at the age of 91 was deeply saddening.

The deceased, who served as an MP for the Nicosia constituency with the Democratic Rally (1993-1996), voluntarily interrupted his studies to participate in the EOKA struggle (1955-1959), taking over as section chief of Pentadaktylou and later Kyrenia. During the struggle, Thassos Sofokleous was arrested, brutally tortured and sentenced to imprisonment as a barbarous fighter, who, along with other EOKA fighters, was transferred to British prisons in March 1957. He was then exiled to Greece and allowed to return to Cyprus with the declaration of Cypriot independence in August 1960. Apart from his enormous contribution to the national liberation struggle, he was until recently involved in the EOKA Fighters' Associations, the EOKA Liberation Struggle Foundation 1955-1959, the EOKA Historical Memory Council 1955-1959 and the management of the Struggle Museum. His many years of activity in connection with the struggle, as well as his valuable public interventions contributed decisively and substantially to the preservation of the historical memory of our national liberation struggle. Anita Demetriou, as well as the entire Parliament express their sincere condolences to the family and relatives of the deceased.

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