Christoforou, Lefteris
Name: Hon. Lefteris Christoforou
Years active: 1996-
Party: Democratic Rally Party
Constituency: The Famagusta Constituency
Roles
Was:
- Chairman of the House Standing Committee for Areas in Proximity to the Ceasefire Line and of the House Standing Committee on Trade and Industry.
Is:
- Member of the Committee of Selection since April 2013.
- Chairman of the House Standing Committee on Trade and Industry.
- Member of the House Standing Committee on Refugees-Enclaved-Missing-Adversely Affected Persons.
- Member of the delegation of the House to the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (IAO).
Education
Lefteris Christoforou graduated in Economics and postgraduate diploma in Business Administration (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece).
History
Lefteris Christoforou is a representative of Famagusta constituency under the banner of the DISY-Liberals Coalition 1996-2001 and under the banner of DISY since 2001.
Political career:
- Member of the High School Students Movement (MAKI) and of the DISY Youth Organisation (NEDISY) (1976-1981).
- Famagusta District Secretary of NEDISY (1993-1996).
- Famagusta District representative of the bank employees to the Cyprus Union of Bank Employees (ETYK) (1994-1997).
- DISY Commissioner for Refugees, Enclaved, Missing and Adversely Affected Persons (2001-2006).
- Vice-president of DISY.
- Deputy President of DISY since May 2013.
