President of Cyprus

President of the Republic of Cyprus
Πρόεδρος της Κυπριακής Δημοκρατίας  (Greek)
Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti Cumhurbaşkanı  (Turkish)

Flag of Cyprus
Incumbent
Nicos Anastasiades
since 28 February 2013
Residence Presidential Palace
Appointer Direct popular vote
Term length Five years, renewable once
Inaugural holder Makarios III
Formation 16 August 1960
Website www.presidency.gov.cy
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The President of Cyprus is the head of state and the head of government of the Republic of Cyprus. The office was created in 1960, after Cyprus gained its independence from the United Kingdom. Currently, the President of Cyprus is Nicos Anastasiades. Unique among member states of the European Union, in Cyprus the roles of head of state and government are combined, making Cyprus the only EU state with a presidential system of government.

List

# Name
(Born–Died) 		Picture Took Office Left Office Party
1 Archbishop Makarios III
(1913–1977) 		16 August 1960 15 July 1974
(deposed) 		None
— Nikos Sampson
(1935–2001)
(de facto) 		15 July 1974 23 July 1974 Progressive Front
— Glafcos Clerides
(1919–2013)
(acting) 		23 July 1974 7 December 1974 United Unified Party
(1) Archbishop Makarios III
(1913–1977) 		7 December 1974
(restored) 		3 August 1977
(died in office) 		None
2 Spyros Kyprianou
(1932–2002) 		3 September 1977 28 February 1988 Democratic Party
3 George Vasiliou
(1931–) 		28 February 1988 28 February 1993 United Democrats
4 Glafcos Clerides
(1919–2013) 		28 February 1993 28 February 2003 Democratic Rally
5 Tassos Papadopoulos
(1934–2008) 		28 February 2003 28 February 2008 Democratic Party
6 Demetris Christofias
(1946–) 		28 February 2008 28 February 2013 Progressive Party of Working People
7 Nicos Anastasiades
(1946–) 		28 February 2013 Incumbent Democratic Rally

Latest election

 Summary of the 17-24 February 2013 Cypriot presidential election results
Candidate and nominating parties 1st round 2nd round
Votes % Votes %
Nicos Anastasiades - DISY 200,591 45.46 236,965 57.48
Stavros Malas - AKEL 118,755 26.91 175,267 42.52
Giorgos Lillikas - EDEK 109,996 24.93
Giorgos Charalambous - ELAM 3,899 0.88
Praxoula Antoniadou - EDI 2,678 0.61
Makaria-Andri Stylianou - Independent 1,898 0.43
Lakis Ioannou - LASOK 1,278 0.29
Solon Gregoriou - Independent 792 0.18
Kostas Kyriacou - Independent 722 0.16
Andreas Efstratiou - Independent 434 0.10
Loukas Stavrou - Independent 213 0.05
Valid votes 441,212 100.00 412,232 100.00
Blank votes 4,460 0.98 18,040 4.05
Invalid votes 7,826 1.73 14,737 3.31
Turnout (out of 545,491 registered votes) 453,498 83.14 445,009 81.58
Source: Cypriot Government (http://www.ekloges.gov.cy)

Statistics

# President Date of birth Age at inauguration
(first term)		 Time in office
(total)		 Age at retirement
(last term)		 Date of death Longevity
1 Makarios III August 13, 1913 47 years, 3 days 16 years, 211 days 63 years, 355 days August 3, 1977 63 years, 355 days
2 Spyros Kyprianou October 28, 1932 44 years, 310 days 10 years, 178 days 55 years, 123 days March 12, 2002 69 years, 135 days
3 Georgios Vassiliou May 20, 1931 56 years, 284 days 5 years, 0 days 61 years, 284 days Living 83 years, 344 days (Living)
4 Glafcos Clerides April 24, 1919 73 years, 310 days 10 years, 0 days 83 years, 310 days November 15, 2013 94 years, 204 days
5 Tassos Papadopoulos January 7, 1934 69 years, 52 days 5 years, 0 days 74 years, 52 days December 12, 2008 74 years, 340 days
6 Demetris Christofias August 29, 1946 61 years, 183 days 5 years, 0 days 66 years, 183 days Living 68 years, 243 days (Living)
7 Nicos Anastasiades September 27, 1946 66 years, 154 days 2 years, 60 days (Ongoing) Incumbent Living 68 years, 214 days (Living)

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