Omirou, Yiannakis
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President of the House of Representatives
Name: Hon. Yiannakis Omirou
Years active: 2001
Party: EDEK, Movement for Social Democracy
Constituency: Nicosia Costituency
Roles
Was:
- Parliamentary Spokesman of SK EDEK
- Member of the Committee of Selection
- Chairman of the House Standing Committee on Defence Affairs
- Deputy Chairman of the House Standing Committee on Legal Affairs
Is:
- Ex officio Chairman of the Committee of Selection.
- Chairman of the Ad Hoc House Committee on Rules of Procedure and of the Special House Committee on Declaration and Examination of Financial Interests.
Education
He graduated in Law from National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
History
Representative of Pafos constituency under the banner of the Socialist Party EDEK (SK EDEK) 1981-1998, under the banner of the Social Democrats Movement (KISOS) 2001-2003, under the banner of KS EDEK 2003-2006 and representative of Nicosia constituency under the banner of KS EDEK since 2006. On 2 June 2011 he was elected President of the House of Representatives for the Tenth Term of Office of the House.
- Editor and broadcaster at the Pafos Free Radio Station during the coup of 15 July 1974 (arrested and imprisoned by the coupists).
- General Secretary and First Vice-president of SK EDEK.
- Minister of Defence of the Republic of Cyprus during Glafkos Clerides’ presidency (1998-1999).
- President of KISOS/KS EDEK since 2001.
- Member of the National Council, the supreme advisory body to the President of the Republic on the Cyprus problem.
