| Markos Kyprianou | |
| Office: | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| President: | Dimitris Christofias |
| Term Start: | 3 March 2008 |
| Term End: | 19 July 2011 |
| Predecessor: | Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis |
| Successor: | Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis |
| Office2: | European Commissioner for Health |
| President2: | José Manuel Barroso |
| Term Start2: | 1 January 2007 |
| Term End2: | 3 March 2008 |
| Predecessor2: | Himself (Health and Consumer Protection) |
| Successor2: | Androulla Vassiliou |
| Office3: | European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection |
| President3: | José Manuel Barroso |
| Term Start3: | 22 November 2004 |
| Term End3: | 1 January 2007 |
| Predecessor3: | Pavel Telička |
| Successor3: | Himself (Health) Meglena Kuneva (Consumer Protection) |
| Office4: | European Commissioner for the Budget |
| President4: | Romano Prodi |
| Alongside4: | Michaele Schreyer |
| Term Start4: | 1 May 2004 |
| Term End4: | 22 November 2004 |
| Predecessor4: | Michaele Schreyer |
| Successor4: | Dalia Grybauskaitė (Financial Programming and the Budget) |
| Office5: | Minister of Finance |
| President5: | Tassos Papadopoulos |
| Term Start5: | 1 March 2003 |
| Term End5: | 18 May 2004 |
| Predecessor5: | Takis Klerides |
| Successor5: | Makis Keravnos |
| Birth Date: | 22 January 1960 |
| Birth Place: | Limassol, Cyprus |
| Party: | Democratic Party |
| Profession: | Lawyer |
| Alma Mater: | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Trinity College, Cambridge Harvard Law School |
| Father: | Spyros Kyprianou |
| Mother: | Mimi Pagathrokliton |
| Native Name Lang: | el |
Markos Kyprianou (el|Μάρκος Κυπριανού in Greek, Modern (1453-); pronounced as /ˈmarkos cipriaˈnu/; born 22 January 1960) is a Cypriot politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs until his official resignation on 19 July 2011, following the events of the Evangelos Florakis Naval Base explosion. A member of the Democratic Party, he was previously Cyprus's Minister of Finance from 2003 to 2004 and a European Commissioner from 2004 to 2008. He tendered his resignation as Commissioner on 29 February 2008 to become Foreign Minister in the government of President Dimitris Christofias; the resignation took effect on 3 March 2008, when his successor, Androulla Vassiliou, was confirmed as Commissioner.[1] [2] [3]
Born in Limassol, Kyprianou is the younger son of Spyros Kyprianou, who was President of Cyprus from 1977 to 1988, and former Cypriot First Lady Mimi Kyprianou.
He studied law at the Law School of the University of Athens and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he specialised in international law and tax law and was awarded a master's degree in Law (LLM). He earned a second master's degree in law, specialising in Company Law and Taxation, at Harvard Law School. He continued his academic career as a trainee at the Human Rights Commission of the Council of Europe and by carrying out research in international law at the University of Cambridge.
As a commissioner, one of his policies was the promotion of warnings on tobacco packets, with the Commission moving towards pictorial warnings.[4] Following several European Union member states enacting bans on smoking in public places Kyprianou proposed a plan for an EU-wide ban of that kind.[5] In May 2007, Kyprianou released a paper to tackle the shortage of organ donation in the Union. The plan included promotion, specially trained medical staff and an EU wide organ donor card.[6] Markos Kyprianou was officially charged on 24 January 2012, together with seven other persons,[7] by the Attorney General of the Republic of Cyprus in relation to the Mari blast.
On 9 July 2013, a Cyprus Criminal Court found Markos Kyprianou innocent and acquitted him of all charges. On 9 February 2014, Kyprianou staged a political comeback as he was elected Deputy President of the Democratic Party in Cyprus.
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