Georgios Iacovou
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Georgios Iacovou Γεώργιος Ιακώβου | |
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Cypriot High Commissioner to the United Kingdom | |
In office 20 October 2006 – 2007 | |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 1 March 2003 – 12 June 2006 | |
President | Tassos Papadopoulos |
Preceded by | Ioannis Kasoulidis |
Succeeded by | Giorgos Lillikas |
In office 22 September 1983 – 28 February 1993 | |
President | Spyros Kyprianou George Vassiliou |
Preceded by | Nicos A. Rolandis |
Succeeded by | Alekos Michaelides |
Cypriot Ambassador to Germany | |
In office January 1979 – January 1983 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Peristeronopigi, Cyprus | 19 July 1938
Profession | Diplomat, politician |
Georgios Kyriakou Iacovou (born 19 July 1938) is a
Early life
Iacovou was born in the village of Peristeronopigi, in
Career
From 1960 until 1964, Iacovou worked in the private sector in Cyprus. He worked as a Senior Consultant at the international enterprise
Political career
Following the
From January 1979 until January 1983, he was Ambassador of the
On 22 September 1983, he was appointed Foreign Minister and remained in this post until February 1993. His first appointment to this office came just before the illegal and unilateral declaration of "independence" by the Turkish Cypriot leadership in 1983. Nevertheless, he successfully pursued the condemnation of this action in the United Nations Security Council through the adoption of SC Resolutions 541 and 550. As Minister of Foreign Affairs, he negotiated Cyprus's Customs Union Agreement with the then European Economic Community (EEC) in 1987, and in 1990, he submitted the application of Cyprus to join the EEC. In 2003, Iacovou signed the Treaty of Accession of Cyprus to the European Union ("EU").
Later on, he was appointed by the
Presidential election
Following his return to Cyprus in 1997, he ran for office in the
Awards and affiliations
Iacovou has been awarded several honours, distinctions and medals from numerous countries, universities and organisations, amongst which are:
- The Grand Cross of Merit, Federal Republic of Germany
- The Grand Cross of the Order of Phoenix, Hellenic Republic
- The Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash for Services to the Republic of Austria (1983)[1]
- The Grand Cross of the Order of Isavel La Catolica, Kingdom of Spain
- The Grand Cross of the Order of Honour, Hellenic Republic
- The Grand Cross of the Order of Infante D. Henrique, Republic of Portugal
- The Decoration of the Battalion of the Yugoslav Flag
- The Decoration of the Arab Republic of Egypt
- The Decoration of the Cross of St. Mark of the 1st order of the Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa
- Decoration of St. Catherine's Monastery of Sinai
- Honorary Doctorate of the Athens Panteion University, of Political and Social Sciences
References
- ^ "Reply to a parliamentary question about the Decoration of Honour" (PDF) (in German). p. 690. Retrieved 30 November 2012.