13 Facts About Marios Garoyian

Marios Garoyian is an Armenian Cypriot politician.

Marios Garoyian served as leader of the Democratic Party from 2006 to 2013.

Marios Garoyian studied political science at the University of Perugia.

Marios Garoyian is of half Armenian and half Latin descent.

Marios Garoyian was elected President of the House of Representatives for the remainder of the Ninth Term of Office of the House.

Marios Garoyian is a member of the Committee of Selection, of the House Standing Committee on the Environment and of the House Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and an alternate member of the Special House Committee on Declaration and Examination of Financial Interests.

Marios Garoyian is an alternate member of the delegation of the House to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly.

Marios Garoyian was president of the "Anagennisi" student union in Italy and of the National Student Union of Cypriots in Perugia and a member of the Executive Committee of the Pancyprian Student and Young Scientists Federation.

Marios Garoyian was president of the District Committee of the Youth Organisation of DIKO in Nicosia and secretary of Unionism of the Labour Department of the party.

Marios Garoyian was director of the President's Office of the House of Representatives from 1991 to 2001, during the presidency terms of Alexis Galanos and the late Spyros Kyprianou.

Marios Garoyian was director of the Press Office of the President of the Republic Tassos Papadopoulos and Deputy Government Spokesman from 2003 to 2006.

Marios Garoyian has been a member of the Central Committee of DIKO since 1988 and a member of the Executive Bureau of the party since 1997.

Marios Garoyian has published a series of articles on the Cyprus problem and the European Union, as well as on various topics of wider public interest in the Cyprus and foreign press.