Fifis Ioannou
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Fifis Ioannou was a Cypriot politician
and editor
.
Ioannou was born in Nicosia
, Cyprus
in 1914. He succeeded Ploutis Servas
in 1945 as the Secretary General of AKEL, a position he held until 1949.
He was the head editor of various Cypriot newspapers and president of the Union of Cyprus Journalists from 1973 to 1979.
Politician
A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
and editor
Editor
The term editor may refer to:As a person who does editing:* Editor in chief, having final responsibility for a publication's operations and policies* Copy editing, making formatting changes and other improvements to text...
.
Ioannou was born in Nicosia
Nicosia
Nicosia from , known locally as Lefkosia , is the capital and largest city in Cyprus, as well as its main business center. Nicosia is the only divided capital in the world, with the southern and the northern portions divided by a Green Line...
, Cyprus
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...
in 1914. He succeeded Ploutis Servas
Ploutis Servas
Ploutis Servas , was a Cypriot former politician, reporter, and author. Servas was born Ploutarhos Loizou Savvidis and changed his surname to Servas while still a student in secondary education.Servas was born in Limassol, Cyprus in 1907. He studied social sciences in Moscow...
in 1945 as the Secretary General of AKEL, a position he held until 1949.
He was the head editor of various Cypriot newspapers and president of the Union of Cyprus Journalists from 1973 to 1979.