Markos Kyprianou

Markos Kyprianou
Μάρκος Κυπριανού
Kyprianou in 2011
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 3 March 2008 – 19 July 2011
President	Dimitris Christofias
Preceded by	Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis
Succeeded by	Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis
European Commissioner for Health
In office 1 January 2007 – 3 March 2008
President	José Manuel Barroso
Preceded by	Himself (Health and Consumer Protection)
Succeeded by	Androulla Vassiliou
European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection
In office 22 November 2004 – 1 January 2007
President	José Manuel Barroso
Preceded by	Pavel Telička
Succeeded by	Himself (Health) Meglena Kuneva (Consumer Protection)
European Commissioner for the Budget
In office 1 May 2004 – 22 November 2004 Serving with Michaele Schreyer
President	Romano Prodi
Preceded by	Michaele Schreyer
Succeeded by	Dalia Grybauskaitė (Financial Programming and the Budget)
Minister of Finance
In office 1 March 2003 – 18 May 2004
President	Tassos Papadopoulos
Preceded by	Takis Klerides
Succeeded by	Makis Keravnos
Personal details
Born	(1960-01-22) 22 January 1960 (age 64) Limassol, Cyprus
Political party	Democratic Party
Parents	Spyros Kyprianou (father) Mimi Pagathrokliton (mother)
Alma mater	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Trinity College, Cambridge Harvard Law School
Profession	Lawyer

Markos Kyprianou (Greek: Μάρκος Κυπριανού [ˈmarkos cipriaˈnu]; born 22 January 1960) is a Cypriot politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs until his official resignation on 19 July 2011, following the events of the Evangelos Florakis Naval Base explosion. A member of the Democratic Party, he was previously Cyprus's Minister of Finance from 2003 to 2004 and a European Commissioner from 2004 to 2008. He tendered his resignation as Commissioner on 29 February 2008 to become Foreign Minister in the government of President Dimitris Christofias; the resignation took effect on 3 March 2008, when his successor, Androulla Vassiliou, was confirmed as Commissioner.^[1][2][3]