Andreas Neocleous
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Andreas Neocleous Euripide (born on 3 July 1939 in Episkopi, Paphos
Paphos District
Paphos District is one of the six districts of Cyprus and it is situated in the western part of Cyprus. Its main town and capital is Paphos. The entire district is controlled by the internationally recognized government of Cyprus...

, Cyprus
Cyprus
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) is a lawyer and a former member of the House of Representatives of Cyprus
House of Representatives of Cyprus
The House of Representatives is the parliament of Cyprus. It has 59 members elected for a five year term, 56 members by proportional representation and 3 observer members representing the Maronite, Latin and Armenian minorities...

.

Andreas Neocleous participated in EOKA
EOKA
EOKA was an anticolonial, antiimperialist nationalist organisation with the ultimate goal of "The liberation of Cyprus from the British yoke". Although not stated in its initial declaration of existence which was printed and distributed on the 1st of April 1955, EOKA also had a target of achieving...

's fight for the liberation of the island, and he was arrested by the British troops and imprisoned during 1956-59.

In 1970 he was elected as a member of the Parliament of the United Party (Eniaion
Eniaion
The Eniaion Party translating as the United Party was a short-lived political party in Cyprus. Its origins came from a previous party, the Patriotic Front . The party was founded by Glafkos Klerides and Tassos Papadopoulos on February 5, 1969...

 Party) in Cyprus.

He graduated in law from National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens , usually referred to simply as the University of Athens, is the oldest university in Southeast Europe and has been in continuous operation since its establishment in 1837. Today, it is the second-largest institution of higher learning in Greece,...

Law School in 1964. He has been practising law since 1965 and has specialized in the fields of international investment and international corporate tax law. He is the founder and managing partner of Andreas Neocleous & Co LLC.
He was born on 3 July 1939 in Episkopi, Paphos. He is married to Amalia Malioti and has two sons.
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