Nikos Christodoulides

Nikos Christodoulides
Nikos Christodoulides
Νίκος Χριστοδουλίδης
	Christodoulides in 2023
8th President of Cyprus
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 28 February 2023
Preceded by	Nicos Anastasiades
Minister of Foreign Affairs
	In office; 1 March 2018 – 11 January 2022
President	Nicos Anastasiades
Preceded by	Ioannis Kasoulidis
Succeeded by	Ioannis Kasoulidis
Spokesman of the Government
	In office; 14 April 2014 – 28 February 2018
Preceded by	Christos Stylianides
Succeeded by	Prodromos Prodromou
Personal details
Born	6 December 1973 (age 50); Geroskipou, Cyprus
Political party	Democratic Rally (before 2023); Independent (2023–present)
Spouse	Philippa Karsera
Children	4
Education	Queens College, CUNY; New York University; University of Malta; University of Athens;
Awards	Order of Makarios III (Grand Master); Order of Merit of the Republic of Cyprus
Signature
	Nikos Christodoulides's voice On his meeting with Michel Barnier; Recorded February 2019

Nikos Christodoulides (Greek: Νίκος Χριστοδουλίδης; born 6 December 1973) is a Greek-Cypriot politician, former diplomat, and academic who has been the 8th and current President of Cyprus since 2023. He previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2018 to 2022 and Government Spokesman from 2014 to 2018, both under Nicos Anastasiades. A former member of the Democratic Rally, he has been an independent since the party ejected him in 2023 for entering the presidential race against their chosen candidate.

Christodoulides started his career as a diplomat in 1999, also working as a lecturer and researcher at the University of Cyprus from 2007 to 2010. He then served in the second Anastasiades government until resigning in January 2022 in order to run in the presidential election, where he defeated Andreas Mavroyiannis in the run-off and assumed office on 28 February 2023. He is the first Cypriot leader to be born in an independent Cyprus.