He was born on 24 March 1969 and is a graduate of the English School of Nicosia.
He studied Business Administration at the Manchester School of Management UMIST, UK. He continued his studies in the United States on an honorary Fulbright scholarship at Cornell University, where he obtained an MBA in Hotel Management.
Since 1997 he has been a founder, consultant and member of the Board of Directors of IMH, an organization for transferring knowledge and information to executives of the Cypriot market.
Konstantinos Ioannou was CEO and Board Member of Real Time Hospitality Intelligence, USA (1996-2001). In 2006 he founded C.C. Coffee Company Ltd, which owns the rights to use Gloria Jean's Coffees International in Cyprus and was a member of the advisory group of Retail Food Group, Australia representing the European region. He has served on the Boards of Directors of several companies.
He served as Minister of Health from 1 March 2018 until 1 July 2021, following his appointment by the President of the Republic, Nicos Anastasiades.
The University of Nicosia awarded Constantinos Ioannou an honorary doctorate of the Faculty of Medicine in 2022 to honour his vision, efforts and determination while serving as Minister of Health, for the implementation of the YESY.
He is married and has three children.
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