Nikos Anastasiades

Nicos Anastasiades ( ; born 27 September 1946) is a Cypriot politician, who served as the seventh president of Cyprus from 2013 to 2023. Previously, he was the leader of Democratic Rally between 1997 and 2013 and served as Member of Parliament from Limassol between 1981 and 2013. First elected in the 2013 presidential election, he was re-elected in 2018. As President, he oversaw an economic recovery, largely due to an increase in foreign investment, which raised standards of living on the island. However, he cut public spending. Between 2015 and 2017, he advanced the reunification process to its furthest stage in over a decade, but ultimately an agreement could not be reached. Education 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 the University of London. During his university studies, he was a member of the Centre Coalition based in Athens formed by Georgios Papandreou. Early political career Anastasiades was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1981 with the Democratic Rally and remained an MP until 2013, when he resigned in order to assume his duties as President of the Cyprus. He was the leader of his party from 1997 to 2013.