Costas Papacostas
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Costas Papacostas (born 12 November 1939) was the Cypriot
Minister of Defence from 2008 to 2011. Following the Evangelos Florakis Navy Base explosion he resigned as Minister of Defence and was succeeded by Demetris Eliades, the Minister of Agriculture.
Costas Papacostas was born on 12 November 1939 in Ayia Trias
in British administered Cyprus (now part of Northern Cyprus). From 1955 to 1959 he took part in the EOKA
armed resistance against the British. In 1966 he joined the Cyprus Army and was twice seconded to the Cypriot police. Papacostas retired from the Army in 1984 having risen to the rank of colonel.
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
Minister of Defence from 2008 to 2011. Following the Evangelos Florakis Navy Base explosion he resigned as Minister of Defence and was succeeded by Demetris Eliades, the Minister of Agriculture.
Costas Papacostas was born on 12 November 1939 in Ayia Trias
Ayia Trias, Cyprus
Ayia Trias is a village in the Famagusta District of Cyprus, located on the Karpas Peninsula, east of Gialousa....
in British administered Cyprus (now part of Northern Cyprus). From 1955 to 1959 he took part in the 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...
armed resistance against the British. In 1966 he joined the Cyprus Army and was twice seconded to the Cypriot police. Papacostas retired from the Army in 1984 having risen to the rank of colonel.