Yiannakis Gavriel Explained

Yiannakis Gavriel
Native Name Lang:	el
Office:	Member of Parliament House of Representatives (Famagusta District)
Term Start:	March 6, 2008
Term End:	June 1, 2016
Office2:	Member of Parliament House of Representatives (Famagusta District)
Term Start2:	October 23, 2020
Term End2:	present
Birth Date:	17 July 1961
Birth Place:	Deryneia, Cyprus
Party:	Progressive Party of Working People
Spouse:	Chrystalla Ioannou
Children:	2
Education:	Educator

Yiannakis Gavriel (born July 17, 1961, in Deryneia, Famagusta) is a Greek Cypriot politician. He is a member of the House of Representatives representing the Famagusta District, elected with the AKEL party.^[1]

Biography

Yiannakis Gavriel was born in Deryneia on July 17, 1961. He speaks Greek, English, and Hungarian. He studied industrial engineering and wood processing at the University of Forestry and Wood Sciences in Sopron, Hungary. He works as an educator.

He is married to Chrystalla Ioannou and has one son and one daughter.

Political Career

He served as the secretary of the United Democratic Youth Organization (EDON) of Deryneia from 1989 to 1993. He was a member of the board of the Drug and Addict Information and Treatment Center (KENTHEA) from 2004 to 2008. He has also been a member of the Association of Scientific Engineers and the Scientific Technical Chamber of Cyprus since 1990. He has been a member of the Famagusta District Committee of AKEL since 2008 and a member of the Central Committee of AKEL since 2010.

He participated in the 2006 parliamentary elections in the Famagusta District with AKEL but was not elected.^[2] However, in 2008, the AKEL Member of Parliament for Famagusta District, Costas Papacostas, was appointed in the . As the first alternate, Yiannakis Gavriel took his place in parliament on March 6, 2008, for the . He was re-elected in the 2011 parliamentary elections for the .^[3]

As a member of parliament, he served as Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources and a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Commerce and Industry.

He ran for re-election in the 2016 parliamentary elections but was not elected. However, following the resignation of the AKEL MP for the Famagusta District,, Yiannakis Gavriel took his place on October 23, 2020, as the first alternate, for the . He was re-elected in the 2021 parliamentary elections for the .^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7] ^[8]

Sources

Web site: GAVRIEL Yiannakis. www.parliament.cy . House of Representatives. https://web.archive.org/web/20210427230345/http://www.parliament.cy/el/composition/members-of-the-house/biographical-notes/gavriel-yiannakis. 2021-04-27. 2021-04-27.
Web site: Gavriel Yiannakis. House of Representatives. https://web.archive.org/web/20190709154038/http://www.parliament.cy/el/members-of-the-house-1911-2016/gavriel-yiannakis. 2019-07-09. 2019-07-09.

Notes and References

Web site: Γαβριήλ Γιαννάκης. www.parliament.cy. House of Representatives (Cyprus). https://web.archive.org/web/20190709154038/http://www.parliament.cy/el/members-of-the-house-1911-2016/gavriel-yiannakis. 2019-07-09. 2019-07-09.
Web site: Εκλογές 21ης Μαΐου 2006. www.parliament.cy. House of Representatives (Cyprus). https://web.archive.org/web/20190701201907/http://www.parliament.cy/el/%CE%B2%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%85%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AD%CF%82-%CE%B5%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%AD%CF%82/%CE%B5%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%AD%CF%82-21%CE%B7%CF%82-%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%90%CE%BF%CF%85-2006. 2019-07-01. 2019-07-01.
Web site: Εκλογές 22ας Μαΐου 2011. www.parliament.cy. House of Representatives (Cyprus). https://web.archive.org/web/20190630223120/http://www.parliament.cy/el/%CE%B2%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%85%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AD%CF%82-%CE%B5%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%AD%CF%82/%CE%B5%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%AD%CF%82-22%CE%B1%CF%82-%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%8A%CE%BF%CF%85-2011. 2019-06-30. 2019-06-30.
Web site: Εκλογές 22ας Μαΐου 2016. www.parliament.cy. House of Representatives (Cyprus). https://web.archive.org/web/20201023171342/http://www.parliament.cy/el/%CE%B2%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%85%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AD%CF%82-%CE%B5%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%AD%CF%82/%CE%B5%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%AD%CF%82-22%CE%B1%CF%82-%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%8A%CE%BF%CF%85-2016. 2020-10-23. 2020-10-23. dead.
Web site: Νέος βουλευτής ΑΚΕΛ Αμμοχώστου ο Γιαννάκης Γαβριήλ. 2020-10-20. Phileleftheros. https://web.archive.org/web/20201023171010/https://www.philenews.com/eidiseis/politiki/article/1042986/neos-boyleftis-ammochostoy-toy-akel-o-gannakis-gbriil. 2020-10-23. 2020-10-23. live.
Web site: Νέος Πρόεδρος Βουλής: «Είμαστε στα πατώματα, μην σας πω κάτω από τα πατώματα». 2020-10-23. Politis. https://web.archive.org/web/20201023135525/https://politis.com.cy/politis-news/kypros/neos-proedros-voylis-eimaste-sta-patomata-min-sas-po-kato-apo-ta-patomata/. 2020-10-23. 2020-10-23.
Web site: Το who is who των νέων προσώπων της Βουλής. 2021-05-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20210531163844/https://www.sigmalive.com/news/politics/vouleftikes2021/791959/to-who-is-who-ton-neon-prosopon-tis-voulis. 2021-05-31. 2021-05-31.
Web site: Εκλογές 30ής Μαΐου 2021. www.parliament.cy. Βουλή των Αντιπροσώπων. https://web.archive.org/web/20210704152630/http://www.parliament.cy/el/general-information/%CE%B2%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%85%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AD%CF%82-%CE%B5%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%AD%CF%82/%CE%B5%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%AD%CF%82-30%CE%AE%CF%82-%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%90%CE%BF%CF%85-2021. 2021-07-04. 2021-07-04.