Nicos anastasiades biography

President of Cyprus from 2013 to 2023

For the Greek Olympic skier, see Nikos Anastasiadis (skier).

Nicos Anastasiades (Greek: Νίκος Αναστασιάδης[ˈnikosanastasiˈaðis];^[1][2] born 27 September 1946) is a Cypriot politician and businessperson, who served as the seventh president of Cyprus from 2013 to 2023.

Previously, he was the leader of Democratic Rally between 1997 and 2013 and served as Member of Parliament from Limassol between 1981 and 2013.^[3]

Having served in parliament for over three decades, Anastasiades was elected to the presidency in 2013 amid a deep economic crisis.

He responded by negotiating a bail-out agreement with the Troika group, consisting of the European Commission, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund. This required the island to generally cut public spending, though his administration remediated this by attracting significant foreign investment and then increasing the minimum wag