Marios Garoyian

Marios Garoyian Μάριος Καρογιάν
10th President of the House of Representatives
In office 6 March 2008 – 2 June 2011
Preceded by	Dimitris Christofias
Succeeded by	Yiannakis Omirou
3rd President of DIKO
Incumbent
Assumed office 2006
Preceded by	Tassos Papadopoulos
Personal details
Born	31 May 1961 (1961-05-31) (age 50) Nicosia, Cyprus
Political party	DIKO
Children	2
Religion	Church of Cyprus

Marios Garoyian (Greek: Μάριος Καρογιάν, born 31 May 1961) is a Cypriot-Armenian politician. He has been President of the Democratic Party since 2006.

Garoyian was born in Nicosia. He studied political science at the University of Perugia. He has one son and one daughter.

He speaks Greek, English, Italian and Spanish fluently. He is of Armenian descent.

After the election of Dimitris Christofias as President of the Republic of Cyprus on 24 February 2008, the position of the President of the House of Representatives remained vacant until Garoyian's election to the post on 6 March 2008 by the members of the House.

Parliamentary activities

At the parliamentary elections of 21 May 2006 he was elected Member of the House of Representatives standing as a DIKO candidate in Nicosia. He was elected President of the House of Representatives for the remainder of the Ninth Term of Office of the House.

He is a member of the Committee of Selection, of the House Standing Committee on the Environment and of the House Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and an alternate member of the Special House Committee on Declaration and Examination of Financial Interests.

He is an alternate member of the delegation of the House to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly.

Political and social activities

Representative Vartkes Mahdessian together with Marios Garoyian and Archbishop Varoujan

He was president of the “Anagennisi” student union in Italy (1981) and of the National Student Union of Cypriots in Perugia (1983) and a member of the Executive Committee of the Pancyprian Student and Young Scientists Federation.

He was also president of the District Committee of the Youth Organisation of DIKO (NEDIK) in Nicosia and secretary of Unionism of the Labour Department of the party.

He was director of the President’s Office of the House of Representatives from 1991 to 2001, during the presidency terms of Alexis Galanos and the late Spyros Kyprianou. He was director of the Press Office of the President of the Republic Tassos Papadopoulos and Deputy Government Spokesman from 2003 to 2006.

Since 1988 he is a member of the Central Committee of DIKO and since 1997 a member of the Executive Bureau of the party. On 22 October 2006 he was elected president of DIKO.

He is a member of the National Council, the supreme advisory body to the President of the Republic on the Cyprus problem.

Publications

Marios Garoyian as President of the House of Representatives with Dmitry Medvedev

He has published a series of articles on the Cyprus problem and the European Union, as well as on various topics of wider public interest in the Cyprus and foreign press. As an international and a political analyst he regularly co-operates with the Cyprus and Greek mass media.

Honorary awards

The Hellenic Republic has awarded him the “Supreme Commander of Honour” decoration.

References

• "GAROYIAN Marios". Biographical Note. Republic of Cyprus. http://www.parliament.cy/parliamenteng/003_02_biography/Garoyian_MArios.htm. Retrieved 7 March 2010. 

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Name	Garoyian, Marios
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Date of birth	31 May 1961
Place of birth	Nicosia, Cyprus
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