Nicos Anastasiades
| Nicos Anastasiades Νίκος Αναστασιάδης |
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| 7th President of Cyprus | |
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Assumed office 28 February 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Demetris Christofias |
| President of the Democratic Rally | |
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In office 8 June 1997 – 28 February 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Yiannakis Matsis |
| Succeeded by | Averof Neofytou |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
27 September 1946 Pera Pedi, Cyprus |
| Political party |
Centre Union (Before 1976) Democratic Rally (1976–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Andri Moustakoudes |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater |
University of Athens University College London |
| Religion | Greek Orthodox |
Nicos Anastasiades (Greek: Νίκος Αναστασιάδης [ˈnikos anastasiˈaðis]; born 27 September 1946) is a Greek Cypriot politician who has been President of Cyprus since 2013. Previously, he was the leader of Democratic Rally and a Member of Parliament for Limassol.
Anastasiades is a lawyer by profession, and the founder of law firm "Nicos Chr. Anastasiades & Partners". He graduated in law from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and completed postgraduate studies in shipping law at University College London. During his university studies, he was a member of the Centre Coalition based in Athens formed by Georgios Papandreou.
Anastasiades was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1981 and was leader of his party from 1997 until 2013.
In March 2012, Nicos Anastasiades was nominated as a candidate for the 2013 presidential election, against his rival MEP Eleni Theocharous in a vote among the 1,008 strong executive of the Democratic Rally. Nicos Anastasiades received 673 votes (86.73%) and Theocharous received 103 (13.27%). In the first round of the presidential election on 17 February 2013, Anastasiades won 45% of votes, while Stavros Malas and George Lillikas earned 26.9% and 24.9%, respectively. He won in the second round against Malas with 57.48% of the vote and was sworn in as President on 28 February 2013.
Anastasiades broke campaign promises by agreeing to let the banks confiscate 47.5 percent of bank accounts over 100,000 euros in 2013, in order to acquire a 10-billion euro bailout from international lenders.
During his electoral campaign for the post of Cyprus President in 2013, he announced his commitment to reduce military conscription in Cyprus to 14 months during the first hundred days of his term. During the early months of the Anastasiades administration there was important planning for the reduction of military conscription to 14 months in order to increase the incentive for 18 year olds to serve their conscription and to reduce the financial burden to the Cypriot state. Minister of Defence Fotis Fotiou announced that there would be a final decision on the reduction of military conscription towards late 2013. There was increasing pressure for ending military conscription due to the 2012–13 Cypriot financial crisis.
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