Neoklis Sylikiotis | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MEP |
Office: | Member of the European Parliament for Cyprus |
Term Start: | July 2014 |
Office2: | Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism |
Term Start2: | March 2012 |
Term End2: | February 2013 |
Predecessor2: | Praxoula Antoniadou |
Successor2: | Yiorgos Lakkotrypis |
Office3: | Minister of the Interior |
Term Start3: | March 2008 |
Term End3: | March 2012 |
Predecessor3: | Christos Patsalides |
Successor3: | Eleni Mavrou |
Term Start4: | September 2006 |
Term End4: | July 2007 |
Predecessor4: | Andreas Christou |
Successor4: | Christos Patsalides |
Birth Date: | 24 January 1959 |
Birth Place: | Limassol, Cyprus |
Party: | AKEL |
Alma Mater: | RWTH Aachen |
Neoklis Sylikiotis (el|Νεοκλής Συλικιώτης; born 24 January 1959) is a Cypriot politician. From July 2014 to July 2019, he was a Member of the European Parliament and Vice-Chair of GUE/NGL. Sylikiotis was the Cypriot Minister of the Interior between September 2006 and July 2007, and again, between March 2008 and March 2012. Between March 2012 and February 2013, he was Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism. Sylikiotis is a member of leftist party AKEL.
Sylikiotis was born in Limassol in 1959. He studied mechanical engineering at RWTH Aachen. He is married and has a son.[1]