Dimitris Christofias (Greek: Δημήτρης Χριστόφιας) is a chubby Cypriot politician who is the General Secretary of AKEL and the President of the House of Representatives (Cypriot Parliament). Image File history File links Size of this preview: 400 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (504 × 756 pixel, file size: 305 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The House of Representatives (Vouli Antiprosópon/Temsilciler Meclisi) is the parliament of Cyprus. ... The incumbent, in politics, is the current holder of a political office. ... Spyros Achilleos Kyprianou (or Cyprianou) (October 28, 1932 March 12, 2002), Cypriot political figure; 1st Cypriot foreign minister 1960-1972; founder of Democratic Party (Cyprus) 1976, president of Cyprus 1977-1988, speaker of the Cypriot house of representatives 1976-77, 1996-2001. ... The Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL) (Greek: Ανορθωτικό Κόμμα Εργαζόμενου Λαού) is a socialist party in Cyprus. ... The incumbent, in politics, is the current holder of a political office. ... Ezekias Papaioannou was a Cypriot communist politician and Secretary General of AKEL. He was born in 1908 in the village of Kelaki, Limassol District and studied at the American Academy of Larnaca. ... is the 241st day of the year (242nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL) (Greek: Ανορθωτικό Κόμμα Εργαζόμενου Λαού) is a socialist party in Cyprus. ... The Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL) (Greek: Ανορθωτικό Κόμμα Εργαζόμενου Λαού) is a socialist party in Cyprus. ...

He was born on August 29, 1946, in occupied by turkish military Dikomo, Kyrenia District. Christofias became involved in leftist politics early in his youth and held several positions with the youth movement of AKEL. He studied in Moscow where he met his wife, Elsie Chiratou, returning to Cyprus and political life. His father, who died in 1987, was a progressive builder, member of the Pancyprian Federation of Labour (PEO). is the 241st day of the year (242nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kyrenia District is one of the six districts of Cyprus. ... The Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL) (Greek: Ανορθωτικό Κόμμα Εργαζόμενου Λαού) is a socialist party in Cyprus. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... PEO, the Pancyprian Federation of Labour (Greek: Παγκύπρια Εργατική Ομοσπονδία), is an umbrella organization for trade unions in Cyprus. ...

During his secondary-school education at Nicosia Commercial Lyceum, from where he graduated in 1964, he used to work during his summer holidays with his father and thus from an early age he got acquainted with the hardships of the working class. 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ...

At the age of 14, he joined the progressive secondary-school students’ organisation PEOM and at the age of 18 he joined EDON (AKEL's United Democratic Youth Organisation), PEO Trade Unions and AKEL (the Progressive Party of the Working People of Cyprus). In 1969, at the 5th Congress of E.D.O.N., he was elected member of the Central Council.

Demetris Christofias studied at the Institute of Social Sciences and the Academy of Social Sciences in Moscow from 1969 to 1974 and he got the Diploma and degree of Doctor of Philosophy in History (Ph.D.History). Position of Moscow in Europe Coordinates: , Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Government  - Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Area  - City 1,081 km²  (417. ...

In 1974 he was elected to the post of the Central Organising Secretary of EDON and in 1977 of General Secretary. At this post he served till 1987.

In 1976 he was elected member of the Nicosia-Kyrenia District Committee of AKEL, and in 1982 – at the 15th Congress of AKEL – he was elected member of the Central Committee of the Party. Nicosia District is one of the six districts of Cyprus. ... Kyrenia District is one of the six districts of Cyprus. ...

In July 1986 he was elected alternate member of the Political Bureau of the C.C. of AKEL. After the 16th Congress of AKEL, held in November 1986, he was elected full member of the P.B. of C.C. AKEL and in 1987 (after terminating his service as General Secretary of EDON) he was elected member of the Secretariat of C.C. AKEL. In April 1988, following the death of Ezekias Papaioannou, he was elected General Secretary of the C.C. AKEL, a post he still holds. Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Ezekias Papaioannou was a Cypriot communist politician and Secretary General of AKEL. He was born in 1908 in the village of Kelaki, Limassol District and studied at the American Academy of Larnaca. ...

Demetris Christofias was elected Member of the House of Representatives for the first time in 1991 (Kyrenia District) and was re-elected in the subsequent Parliamentary Elections of 1996 and 2001. On the 7th of June 2001 he is elected President of the House of Representatives. He was re-elected as president of the House of Representatives in 2006. In his function of General Secretary of the C.C. AKEL and President of the House of Representatives, he is a Member of the National Council, a supreme advisory body to the President of the Republic. Kyrenia District is one of the six districts of Cyprus. ... Elections in Cyprus gives information on election and election results in Cyprus. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... The House of Representatives (Vouli Antiprosópon/Temsilciler Meclisi) is the parliament of Cyprus. ...

He is ex officio chairman of the House Standing Committee on Selection and chairman of the Ad Hoc House Standing Committee on Rules of Procedure and of the Special House Standing Committee on Declaration and Examination of Property.

He is also president of the executive committees of the Cyprus Group to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (I.P.U.) and of the Cyprus Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (C.P.A.). The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, previously known as the Empire Parliamentary Association, is an organization, of British origin, which works to support good governance, democracy and human rights. ...

Demetris Christofias is married to Elsie (Chiratou) Christofias (1972) and they have three children – two daughters, Marianna and Christina, and a son, Christos.