Plenary session of 2 December 2022
Ladies and gentlemen,
Cyprus Chrysostomidis passed away yesterday, a man who graced the benches of the House of Representatives and our political life as a whole with his presence.
Cyprus Chrysostomides was the Government Spokesman of the government of Tassos Papadopoulos from 2003 to 2006 and Minister of Justice and Public Order of the government of Demetris Christofias from February to December 2008. From 2006 to 2008 he served as MP for Nicosia of AKEL-Left-New Forces, contributing to the implementation of the work of the Parliament from the position of deputy chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Interior and member of the Parliamentary Committees on European Affairs, Institutions, Values and Commissioner for Administration, Legal Affairs and Transport and Works and participating in the Parliament's delegation to the Conference of the European Affairs Committees of the Parliaments of the Member States of the European Union.
Born in Kathika, Paphos in 1942, Cyprus Chrysostomides showed an early interest in public affairs and developed a rich and varied political, scientific and professional activity. After completing his studies, he worked at the Human Rights Committee of the Council of Europe, where he participated in the investigation of the charges against the Athens Junta and in the drafting of the Committee's condemnatory report. In 1998 he founded the Centre Reconstruction Association, of which he was president until his death. He was also president of the Institute for Political Research and European Affairs, a member of major European and international scientific societies and organisations, and a founding member of the Consumers' Association. During his long professional career he was distinguished for his honesty, conscientiousness, erudition and legal acumen. He was, inter alia, one of the first lawyers to defend refugees and other victims of the Turkish invasion in cases before the European Court of Human Rights. He bequeaths to us a wealth of research and writing on the international aspect of the Cyprus problem, human rights and political life in Cyprus.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
The life and work of Cyprus Chrysostomides are not limited to the above. The House of Representatives honours and mourns today a man of modesty, who throughout his public life demonstrated genuine ethics and selfless, unconditional love for his country and his people, who fought the good fight with them, leaving a strong imprint on our modern political culture.
Expressing the body's sincere condolences to his family and loved ones, I invite you to observe a one-minute silence in his memory.
(Observance of one minute's silence)
May his memory live on!
(Text as sent by the House of Representatives)
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