Politics of Cyprus
Ministries
The Ministers form the Council of Ministers , including other members who may not be listed, which is an independent collective body with independent powers. In bold is listed a Ministry that was not an original ministry, but created after London and Zürich Agreements .[1]
Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, Minister: Petros Xenophontos
Ministry of Energy, Commerce and Industry, Minister: Giorgos Papanastasiou
Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works, Minister: Alexis Vafiades
Ministry of Defence, Minister: Vasilis Palmas
Ministry of Education and Culture, Minister: Dr Athena Michaelidou
Ministry of Finance, Minister: Makis Keravnos
Ministry of Foreign Affairs , Minister: Constantinos Kombos
Ministry of Health, Minister: Popi Kanari
Ministry of Interior , Minister: Constantinos Ioannou
Ministry of Justice and Public Order, Minister: Anna Prokopiou
Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance, Minister: Yiannis Panayiotou [1] [2]
Deputy Ministries
Deputy Ministry of Shipping, Deputy Minister: Marina Hadjimanoli
Deputy Ministry of Tourism, Deputy Minister: Costas Koumis
Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy, Deputy Minister: Nicodemos Damianou
Deputy Ministry of Social Welfare, Deputy Minister: Marilena Evangelou
Deputy Ministry of Culture, Deputy Minister: Vasiliki Kassianidou [2]
Legislative branch
The House of Representatives (Greek : Βουλή των Αντιπροσώπων , romanized : Voulḗ tōn Antiprosṓpōn ; Turkish : Temsilciler Meclisi ) has 59 members elected for a five-year term: 56 Greek Cypriot members chosen by proportional representation and 3 observer members representing the Maronite , Latin Catholic and Armenian minorities. 24 seats are allocated to the Turkish community, but are currently vacant.[3]
Political parties and elections
Latest elections
President
Candidate Party First round Second round Votes % Votes % Nikos Christodoulides Independent[a] 127,309 32.04 204,867 51.97 Andreas Mavroyiannis Independent[b] 117,551 29.59 189,335 48.03 Averof Neofytou Democratic Rally 103,748 26.11 Christos Christou National Popular Front 23,988 6.04 Achilleas Demetriades Independent[c] 8,137 2.05 Constantinos Christofides New Wave – The Other Cyprus 6,326 1.59 Georgios Colocassides Independent 5,287 1.33 Alexios Savvides Independent 2,395 0.60 Charalampos Aristotelous Independent 866 0.22 Celestina de Petro Independent 575 0.14 Andronicos Zervides Independent 341 0.09 Ioulia Khovrina Komninou United Cyprus Republican Party 330 0.08 Andreas Efstratiou Independent 299 0.08 Loukas Stavrou National Communitarian Reconstruction 165 0.04 Total 397,317 100.00 394,202 100.00 Valid votes 397,317 98.27 394,202 96.95 Invalid votes 5,333 1.32 8,428 2.07 Blank votes 1,671 0.41 3,986 0.98 Total votes 404,321 100.00 406,616 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 561,273 72.04 561,273 72.45 Source: Central Electoral Service , Central Electoral Service
Parliament
Party Votes % Seats +/– Democratic Rally 99,328 27.77 17 –1 Progressive Party of Working People 79,913 22.34 15 –1 Democratic Party 40,395 11.29 9 0 National Popular Front 24,255 6.78 4 +2 Movement for Social Democracy –Citizens' Alliance 24,022 6.72 4 –2 Democratic Front 21,832 6.10 4 New Movement of Ecologists – Citizens' Cooperation 15,762 4.41 3 +1 Active Citizens – United Cypriot Hunters Movement 11,712 3.27 0 New Generation Change 10,095 2.82 0 New Solidarity Movement 8,254 2.31 0 –3 Famagusta for Cyprus 5,596 1.56 0 New Awakening 2020 4,839 1.35 0 New People's Breath 4,585 1.28 0 0 Animal Party Cyprus 3,593 1.00 0 0 Patriotic Coalition 376 0.11 0 New Independents 3,155 0.88 0 0 Total 357,712 100.00 56 0 Valid votes 357,712 97.57 Invalid votes 6,826 1.86 Blank votes 2,070 0.56 Total votes 366,608 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 557,836 65.72 Source: Ministry of Interior
European
Party Votes % Seats +/– Democratic Rally 81,539 29.02 2 0 AKEL –Left–New Forces77,241 27.49 2 0 Democratic Party 38,756 13.80 1 0 Movement for Social Democracy 29,715 10.58 1 0 ELAM 23,167 8.25 0 0 Democratic Front 10,673 3.80 0 New Citizens' Alliance –Movement of Ecologists 9,232 3.29 0 0 Jasmine Movement 4,786 1.70 0 New Animal Party Cyprus 2,208 0.79 0 0 Patriotic Movement 607 0.22 0 New Nationalist Liberation Movement 569 0.20 0 New Union of Fighters for Justice 457 0.16 0 New Cyprus Socialist Party 170 0.06 0 0 Independents 1,815 0.65 0 0 Total 280,935 100.00 6 0 Valid votes 280,935 97.38 Invalid/blank votes 7,548 2.62 Total votes 288,483 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 641,181 44.99 Source: MOI
Political pressure groups and leaders
Cypriot Workers Union (Greek : Συνομοσπονδία Εργατών Κύπρου (Σ.Ε.Κ.) )
Union of Cypriots (Greek : Ένωσις Κυπρίων ; Turkish : Kıbrıslılar Birliği )
Revolutionary Trade Unions Federation (DEV-İŞ)
Pan-Cyprian Labour Federation or PEO (Greek : Παγκύπρια Εργατική Ομοσπονδία (Π.Ε.Ο.) )
Eleftheria Citizens Initiative (Greek : Πρωτοβουλία Πολιτών Ελευθερία )
Administrative divisions
Map of the Districts in Cyprus
The island is divided into 6 administrative divisions: Nicosia (Lefkosia), Limassol (Lemesos), Larnaca , Paphos , Famagusta (Ammochostos), and Kyrenia .[d]
Exclaves and enclaves
Cyprus has four exclaves , all in territory that belongs to the British Sovereign Base Area of Dhekelia . The first two are the villages of Ormidhia and Xylotymvou . Additionally there is the Dhekelia Power Station, which is divided by a British road into two parts. The northern part is an enclave, like the two villages, whereas the southern part is located by the sea and therefore not an enclave —although it has no territorial waters of its own.[4]
The UN buffer zone separating the territory controlled by the Turkish Cypriot administration from the rest of Cyprus runs up against Dhekelia and picks up again from its east side, off of Ayios Nikolaos (connected to the rest of Dhekelia by a thin land corridor). In that sense, the buffer zone turns the south-east corner of the island, the Paralimni area, into a de facto , though not de jure , exclave.
See also
Notes
^ Supported by DIKO , EDEK , DIPA , Solidarity , Active Citizens – United Cypriot Hunters Movement and Animal Party Cyprus
^ Supported by AKEL and Generation Change
^ Supported by Famagusta for Cyprus
^ Occupied area's administrative divisions include Kyrenia, all but a small part of Famagusta (Ammochostos), and small parts of Lefkosia (Nicosia) and Larnaca.
References
Further reading
James Ker-Lindsay and Hubert Faustmann (eds.) (2009). The Government and Politics of Cyprus . Peter Lang. ISBN 978-3-03911-096-4 .
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