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Neoklis Sylikiotis

Neoklis Sylikiotis
MEP
Member of the European Parliament for Cyprus
Assumed office
July 2014
Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism
In office
March 2012 – February 2013
Preceded by Praxoula Antoniadou Kyriacou
Succeeded by Yiorgos Lakkotrypis
Minister of the Interior
In office
March 2008 – March 2012
Preceded by Christos Patsalides
Succeeded by Eleni Mavrou
In office
September 2006 – July 2007
Preceded by Andreas Christou
Succeeded by Christos Patsalides
Personal details
Born (1959-01-24) 24 January 1959 (age 58)
Limassol, Cyprus
Political party AKEL
Alma mater RWTH Aachen

Neoklis Sylikiotis (Greek: Νεοκλής Συλικιώτης; born 24 January 1959) is a Cypriot politician. Since July 2014, he is 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.



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