15 Facts About Nicos Anastasiades

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Nicos Anastasiades is a Cypriot politician who served as the seventh president of Cyprus from 2013 to 2023.

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Nicos Anastasiades was first elected in 2013, and then re-elected in 2018.

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Nicos Anastasiades graduated in law from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and completed postgraduate studies in shipping law at the University of London.

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Nicos Anastasiades was the leader of his party from 1997 to 2013.

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In March 2012, Nicos Anastasiades was nominated as a candidate for the 2013 presidential election, against his rival MEP Eleni Theocharous in a vote among the 1,008 strong executive of the Democratic Rally.

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Nicos Anastasiades received 673 votes and Theocharous received 103.

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Nicos Anastasiades pledged to implement the Structural Reforms demanded by the European Commission in order to obtain economic aid and cut social benefits, pensions and wages in the public and private sectors, while increasing VAT and fuel taxes.

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Nicos Anastasiades decided to reduce the number of civil servants.

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Nicos Anastasiades had to break campaign promises by agreeing to let the banks confiscate 47.5 percent of bank accounts over 100,000 euros in 2013, in order to acquire a 10-billion euro bailout from international lenders.

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Nicos Anastasiades later came to comment that Cyprus was treated as a guinea pig with extreme measures never applied before, but despite his counter-proposals they were all blatantly rejected during the Eurogroup meeting.

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Nicos Anastasiades supported that national service will be reduced to 18 months in the first phase and decrease further to 14 months before the end of 2014.

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Nicos Anastasiades supported the Annan Plan, even though a majority of his party voted it down.

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Nicos Anastasiades was granted the passport despite the fact that a background check on him raised several red flags because of his status as a politically exposed person, as well as his alleged fraud and regulatory breaches.

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Nicos Anastasiades was born on in the village of Pera Pedi on 27 September 1946 to a Greek Cypriot family.

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Nicos Anastasiades married Andri Moustakoudi in 1971 and they have two daughters.