CHRISTOFOROU, Lefteris

FAMAGUSTA CONSTITUENCY,

DEMOCRATIC RALLY PARTY (DISY)

Personal info:

Place of origin and date of birth:
Prastio (occupied by Turkish troops), Famagusta District, 31 August 1963.

Marital status:
Married to Diamanto Orthodoxou; has one son and one daughter.

Studies:
Economics and postgraduate diploma in Business Administration (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece).

Profession:
Economist.

Foreign languages:
English.

Parliamentary tenure / activity:

Representative of Famagusta constituency under the banner of the DISY-Liberals Coalition 1996-2001 and under the banner of DISY since 2001.

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).

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.

Contact info:

Address: 3, Posidonos St., 7520 Xylofagou
Telephone: (+357) 22 407210, 24 726452
Fax: (+357) 22 407388, 24 725777
E-mail: lchristoforou@parliament.cy