List of Minister of Defence of the Republic of Cyprus

List of Minister of Defence of the Republic of Cyprus since the independence in 1960:

Minister	Began	Ended
Osman Orek Osman Örek Osman Örek was a former prime minister of Northern Cyprus. He held this office during a short period from April 21, 1978 to December 15, 1978. He was born in Nicosia on December 26, 1925 and died in 1999.-References:...	1960	1964
Polycarpos Yiorkadjis	4 April, 1964	1 November, 1968
Epaminondas Komodromos	10 December, 1968	15 June, 1972
Yorgos Ioannidis	16 June, 1972	15 July, 1974
Nicos Kosis	8 August, 1974	14 January, 1975
Christodoulos Veniamin	15 January, 1975	6 January, 1985
Stelios Katsellis	7 January, 1985	31 July, 1985
Elias Eliadis	1 August, 1985	27 February, 1988
Andreas Aloneftis	28 January, 1988	27 February, 1993
Costas Eliadis	27 February, 1993	12 November, 1997
Georgios Haralambidis	12 November, 1997	27 February, 1998
Yiannakis Omirou Yiannakis Omirou Yiannakis Omirou is a Cypriot politician. He has been President of the EDEK since 2001.Omirou was born in Paphos. He studied law at the National Kapodestrian University of Athens. He is single....	28 February, 1998	4 January, 1999
Yiannakis Hrysostomis	5 January, 1999	24 August, 1999
Socratis Hasikos	25 August, 1999	28 February, 2003
Kyriacos Mavronicolas	29 February, 2003	13 June, 2006
Fivos Klokaris	13 June, 2006	26 September, 2006
Nicos Symeonidis	16 September, 2006	3 May, 2007
Christodoulos Pasiardis	14 May, 2007	29 February, 2008
Costas Papacostas Costas Papacostas Costas Papacostas 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....	29 February, 2008	14 July 2011
Demetris Eliades	14 July 2011

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