Christodoulos Christodoulou

Christodoulos Christodoulou
Χριστόδουλος Χριστοδούλου
Cypriot Minister of Finance
In office
7 November 1994  18 March 1999
Preceded by Fedros Economides
Succeeded by Takis M. Klerides
Personal details
Born 13 April 1939
Avgorou, Cyprus
Political party DISY
Profession Economist, lawyer, politician

Christodoulos Christodoulou (in Greek Χριστόδουλος Χριστοδούλου), born 1939 in Avgorou, is a Cypriot economist, lawyer and a politician. He served as a Finance Minister of Cyprus under president Glafcos Clerides from 7 November 1994 until 18 March 1999.[1] Christodoulou is now imprisoned for money laundering and other related major fraud crimes.[2]

Education

Christodoulos was born in Avgorou, Cyprus, in 1939. Upon graduation from the Greek Gymnasium of Famagusta in 1957 he carried on his studies at the Pedagogical Academy of Cyprus qualifying as a teacher in 1962. In 1969 he entered the Law School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece, graduating as a Lawyer by 1972 and registering as a European lawyer (Dikegόros) within the next year. Finally in 1988 he joined the University of Wales where he gained his PhD in Labour Law by 1992.[3]

Career

Christodoulou began his career as a school teacher in 1962 before joining the Publications Section of the Press and Information Office in 1964. In 1968 he was appointed to the post of Senior Officer in the House of Representatives and in 1972 as Director of the Government Printing Office, in which he served until February 1985. In March 1985 he was appointed to the post of Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance where he served until June 1989. In the same month he was transferred to the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, where he served until November 1994 when he was appointed Cypriot Minister of Finance, a post he held until March 1999 when he was appointed Minister of Interior. In May 2002, he was appointed Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus and has been participating in the European Central Bank's General Council since 1 May 2004.[4]

Political career

As Minister of Finance he represented Cyprus at annual conferences of the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the annual meetings of the Finance Ministers of the Commonwealth Foundation and numerous international economic conferences. As Minister of Interior he participated in international conferences and meetings concerning town planning and housing issues and the protection of Cyprus's Architectural Heritage, as well as issues regarding migration, civil defence and harmonisation with the European Community acquis. In June 2001, Dr Christodoulou represented Cyprus at the Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly which he addressed on the issue of human settlement.[5] He is currently imprisoned for fraud crimes.[6]

European Union

In his position as Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus Christodoulos Christodoulou said on 15 January 2007 that Cyprus, with a population of about a million people, is divided between its Greek-speaking southern part, which has international diplomatic recognition, and a Turkish-controlled northern part. Adopting the euro will make reunification easier.

I believe that our successful, I hope, entry into the euro zone and the common currency will be a catalyst, a positive element to solve the very important problem we're faced with Christodoulou said.[7][8]

EOKA

While still at school Dr Christodoulou took an active part in the liberation struggle of EOKA and was interned without trial as a political prisoner.[9]

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Preceded by
Fedros Economides
Finance Minister of Cyprus
1994–1999
Succeeded by
Takis M. Klerides
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