Ezekias Papaioannou

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Ezekias Papaioannou Eζεκίας Παπαϊωάννου
3rd General Secretary of AKEL
In office 1949 – 1989
Preceded by	Fifis Ioannou
Succeeded by	Dimitris Christofias
Born	October 8, 1908 Kelaki, Cyprus
Died	April 10, 1988 Cyprus
Political party	AKEL

Ezekias Papaioannou (October 8, 1908 - April 10, 1988) was a Cypriot communist politician and Secretary General of the political party of AKEL.

He was born in the village of Kelaki, Limassol District and studied at the American Academy of Larnaca.

In 1936, he was part of a contingent of 60 Cypriot leftists who volunteered to fight in the Spanish Civil War as part of the International Brigades. After the war he lived in London (and worked as a milkman) before returning to Cyprus.^[1] He then got involved in local politics becoming Secretary General of the Progressive Party of the Working People (AKEL), a position he held until his death in 1988.

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