Nikos Christodoulides changed into Cyprus’ youngest-ever president after he defeated the communist-backed profession diplomat Andreas Mavroyiannis within the nation’s presidential elections on Sunday.
With 100% of ballots counted, Christodoulides had 51.9% of the vote and his runoff rival Mavroyiannis, had 48.1%, in step with professional election effects. Mavroyiannis conceded defeat ahead of the vote tally was once entire.
The former international minister campaigned as a unifying drive for ethnically divided Cyprus, eschewing ideological and birthday party divisions.
During his inauguration speech in Nicosia, the 49-year-old impartial centrist stated he was hoping to unite the Mediterranean island country — a role which has eluded politicians all through just about a half-century of negotiations.
“My biggest concern is the end of the Turkish occupation and the reunification of our homeland. I will do everything to break the deadlock, to restart the dialogue, to create the conditions for solving the Cyprus problem,” stated the president-elect.
Cyprus has been divided since 1974 when Turkish forces occupied its northern 3rd in keeping with a Greek-sponsored coup.
Nikos Christodoulides has time and again said that convincing Ankara and the Turkish Cypriots to go back to the negotiating desk is a best precedence,
“In the Cyprus that I envision, there is no “us” and “them”. In the Cyprus that I envision, I will be the President of all Cypriots,” he vowed.
