NICOSIA CONSTITUENCY
MOVEMENT OF SOCIAL DEMOCRATS EDEK (KS EDEK)

Personal information:

Place of origin and date of birth:
Nicosia, 13 June 1961.

Marital status:
Married to Katerina Timotheou; has two sons and one daughter.

Studies:
Law (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), Advanced Master in European Law (Licence Spéciale en Droit Européen) (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium), Certificate in Competition Law (University of Bristol, United Kingdom) and pre-doctoral diploma (DEA) in European Competition Law (Université Libre de Bruxelles).

Profession:
Lawyer. 

Foreign languages:
English, French.

Parliamentary tenure/activity:

Representative of Nicosia constituency under the banner of KS EDEK since 2016.

Has previously served as:
- Vice President of the Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the year 2019.

Currently serves as: 
- Member of the House Standing Committee on Foreign and European Affairs, of the House Standing Committee on Internal Affairs, of the House Standing Committee on Legal Affairs, Justice and Public Order, of the House Standing Committee on Refugees-Enclaved-Missing-Adversely Affected Persons and of the Ad Hoc House Committee on the Review and Update of the Rules of Procedure of the House of Representatives.
- Alternate member of the delegation of the House to the PACE and member of the delegation of the House to the Conference of Parliamentary Committees for Union Affairs of Parliaments of the European Union (COSAC).

Political career:

- Member of the Latsia Municipal Council (1996-2001).
- Mayor of Latsia (2001-2006). 
- Second vice-president of KS EDEK (2012-2015).
- Deputy President of KS EDEK (March 2015-May 2017). 

Contact info:

Address: House of Representatives, 1402 Nicosia 
Telephone: (+357) 22 407243
Fax: (+357) 22 407227
E-mail: cefstathiou@parliament.cy, conefst@cytanet.com.cy