Nikos Christodoulides is present 8th President of Cyprus since 28 February 2023.
Preceeded by: Nicos Anastasiades.
Date of Birth: 6 December 1973.
Birth Place: Geroskipou, Cyprus.
Party: Independent.
Family: Philippa Karsera (Spouse).
About: Nikos Christodoulides served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2018 to 2022 and Spokesman of the Cypriot Government from 2014 to 2018. Christodoulides’ father hailed from the village of Choulou in Paphos‘ mountainous region, while his mother’s family came from Geroskipou. Educated at the Archbishop Makarios III Lyceum in Paphos, he left in 1991 to study at Queens College, City University of New York, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in economics and Byzantine and Modern Greek studies before pursuing further studies in political science at New York University (MA) and in diplomatic studies at the Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies (MEDAC), University of Malta (MA).
Christodoulides earned a PhD in political science and public administration from the University of Athens in 2003.
