Solon Nikitas
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Solon Nikitas (October 1, 1937 - 22 October 2005) was a distinguished Cypriot judge and jurist. Born in Limassol, Cyprus in October 1937.He worked for the Nicosia Chamber of Commerce before deciding to study law in England and qualifying as a Barrister. From 1961 to 1971 he maintained a private practice as a lawyer in Nicosia. He was appointed as a District judge on 1 January 1971. He was promoted to Senior District judge on 10 October 1980 and to President of the District Court on 1 January 1982. On 19 November 1988 he was elevated to the Supreme Court where he served until 27 March 2003 when he was appointed Attorney-General of the Republic of Cyprus, a post from which he resigned in April 2005.
He was elected as a member of the council of the Commonwealth Magistrates and Judges Association (CMJA) in 1994 and as a Regional Vice-President for the North Atlantic and Meditteranean Region of the CMJA in 1997. As Regional Vice-President he organised the very succesful follow-up conference on the Latimer House Guidelines in Larnaca in October 1988 on "The Role of the Judiciary in Developing and maintaining a vibrant human rights environment in the Commonwealth". He participated in many conferences all over the world and gave lectures and speeches on several legal subjects during his long and distinguished legal and judicial career.
