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Politics of Cyprus. The Council of Ministers is the executive branch of the Cypriot government, consisting of ministers. The council is chaired by the President of Cyprus and the ministers head executive departments of the government. The President and his ministers administer the government and the various public services.
Second Anastasiades government. The Cabinet (sworn in on 1 March 2023 [1]) formed by Nikos Christodoulides is the 14th Government of Cyprus [2] and forms part of the Council of Ministers. In the House of Representatives, the Government is in a minority coalition with the Democratic Party, Movement for Social Democracy and the Democratic ...
The House of Representatives (Greek: Βουλή των Αντιπροσώπων, romanized: Voulḗ tōn Antiprosṓpōn; Turkish: Temsilciler Meclisi) has 59 members elected for a five-year term: 56 Greek Cypriot members chosen by proportional representation and 3 observer members representing the Maronite, Latin Catholic and Armenian minorities. 24 seats are allocated to the Turkish ...
New Democratic Front (NEDIPA) founded by Alecos Michaelides in 1980. Pancyprian Renewal Front (PAME) founded by Chrysostomos A. Sofianos in 1980. Union of the Center founded by Tassos Papadopoulos in 1980. The Liberal Party, founded by former Foreign Minister Nicos Rolandis in 1986 and merged with Democratic Rally in 1998.
Thirteen Points. The 13 amendments proposed by Makarios III (also known as 13 points) was a proposal by president of Cyprus Archbishop Makarios on 30 November 1963 for constitutional changes that altered the ways in which the two communities were represented in the government. This sparked a crisis between the Greek and Turkish Cypriots that ...
Electoral system. The 80 members of the House of Representatives are elected from six multi-member constituencies, with the number of seats allocated according to the population of each area. Of the 80, 56 are elected by Greek Cypriots and 24 by Turkish Cypriots. However, since 1964, the Turkish Cypriot seats are unfilled and the House of ...
On 7 September 1960, upon the founding of the Republic of Cyprus, Spyros Kyprianou was designated as the first Minister of Foreign Affairs. [3] [4] The Ministry was established by law on November 25, 1961, and has been at the forefront of Cypriot foreign policy and more specifically active in increasing awareness of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.
The Constitution of Cyprus is a document, ratified on August 16, 1960, that serves as the Supreme Law of the Republic of Cyprus (Suprema Lex Cypri) defining the system of government of the Cypriot Republic and the civil liberties for the Cypriot citizens. Cypriot government. [ 1]