Christos Stylianides

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Christos Stylianides
Χρήστος Στυλιανίδης
Stylianides in 2019
Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 September 2023
Prime Minister	Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Preceded by	Ioannis Varvitsiotis
Minister of the Climate Crisis and Civil Protection
In office 10 September 2021 – 25 May 2023
Prime Minister	Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Preceded by	Nikos Hardalias[a]
Succeeded by	Evangelos Tournas
European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management
In office 1 November 2014 – 1 December 2019
President	Jean-Claude Juncker
Preceded by	Kristalina Georgieva[b]
Succeeded by	Janez Lenarčič[c]
Personal details
Born	(1958-06-26) 26 June 1958 (age 65) Nicosia, British Cyprus
Nationality	Cypriot, Greek
Political party	Democratic Rally European People's Party
Education	University of Thessaloniki
^ (as Deputy Minister for Civil Protection and Crisis Management)[1] ^ (as International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response) ^ (as Crisis Management)

Christos Stylianides (Greek: Χρήστος Στυλιανίδης, born 26 June 1958) is a Greek Cypriot politician who since September 13, 2023 serves as Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy of Greece. From September 2021 to May 2023 served as Greece's first Minister for Climate Crisis and Civil Protection [el].^[2] On June 26 he was elected Member of the Hellenic Parliament with the governing New Democracy Party (ND). He has previously served as the European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management from 2014 until 2019. In 2014, he was also appointed by the European Council as the European Union's Ebola Coordinator.^[3] He was also elected as a Member of the European Parliament in the May 2014 European elections where he served until 31 October 2014.^[4]

In May 2021, he was appointed as the European Commission's Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU a position he served until he became Minister for Climate Crisis Management and Civil Protection of Greece (September 2021).

Stylianides previously served as Government Spokesperson (1998–1999 and 2013–2014) and was member of the Parliament of the Republic of Cyprus from 2006 to 2013. As an MEP, served as member of the Committee on Budgets and substitute Member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. He was also a member of the Delegation for relations with the US and Substitute Member of the Delegation for relations with Israel.

He was elected to the Hellenic Parliament in the June 2023 Greek legislative election.^[5]