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The President of the Republic Mr.Nicos Christodoulides chaired a meeting of the Council of Ministers at the Presidential Palace today: "the Council of Ministers today decided on the selection and appointment of the following persons as members of the Advisory Council:
- George Arrestis, former Judge of the Supreme Court of Cyprus, who will act as Chairman of the Advisory Council and its subcommittees; - Eleni Mouzala, Member of the Cyprus Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts; - Orestis Nikitas, Member of the Council of the Pancyprian Bar Association. - Pieris Markou, Member of the Council of the Association of Chartered Accountants; - George Demosthenous, Member of the Association of Rectors of Cyprus Universities; - Platonas Stylianou, Member of the Steering Committee of ETEC. - Maria Georgiou, Member of the Board of the Cyprus Association of the Directorate of Human Resources. - Lenia Samuel, Retired Director General of a Ministry.
The above follows a previous decision by the Council of Ministers to establish the Advisory Council, which will initially prepare a list, following an open call for expressions of interest, of the 11 semi-governmental organisations in the first phase, and once this has been evaluated, the Advisory Council's function may possibly either be diversified or expanded.
One of the key pillars of the President's governance programme is that for the first time these appointments will be made through an open call for expressions of interest and through merit-based, transparent procedures."
Asked whether, following the establishment of the Advisory Council, the President will proceed with the appointment of members of the Boards of the semi-governmental organisations before the expiry of the terms of the existing members, the Spokesman said: "it is something that is within the constitutional powers of the President of the Republic. The President will have his first meeting with the Advisory Council and the President will evaluate his next moves, which will be announced."
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