Cypriot politician and jurist

Nicos Tornaritis (Greek: Νίκος Τορναρίτης) (born December 6, 1964) is a Cypriot politician and jurist.

He is currently the Parliamentary Leader of the ruling party, the Democratic Rally.

He is a member of the Parliament of the Republic of Cyprus (House of Representatives of Cyprus) since 2001.

Contents

• 1 Education
• 2 Career
• 3 Writing work
• 4 Awards
• 5 Personal life
• 6 References
• 7 External links

Education

He has studied Law and Political Science at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens where he has graduated in 1988, and he has attend the programme “Senior Managers in Government” in John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 2010.

Career

He is the Honorary Consul of Kenya in Cyprus since 1998. As Honorary Consul he contributed to the establishment of hospitals and schools in the African country.

Is a Member of the House of Representatives of Cyprus since 2001 and in May 2021 achieved to be re-elected for the fifth consecutive time in the second place on the Nicosia district ballot, under the banner of Democratic Rally (DISY).

From 2004 to 2013 he served as a Chair of the Committee on Educational Affairs and Culture.

Since 2013 he represents the Democratic Rally on the European People's Party Parliamentary Leaders session.He is the Parliamentary Leader of the Democratic Rally Cyprus since 2013.

He is the Head of the Parliament's delegation to the Asian Parliamentary *embly (APA) since 2013. In October 2017 he was elected APA Vice President and President of the APA Standing Committee on Economic and Sustainable Development.

In 2020 he got elected as a Rapporteur responsible for the United Nations global compacts for migrants and refugees of the Parliamentary *embly of the Council of Europe.

He is the Head of the Cyprus Delegation on the Parliamentary *embly of the Council of Europe since 2020.

On July 10, 2020, he proposed a resolution on the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media in the Parliamentary *embly of the Council of Europe in relation to the change of Hagia Sophia's status from museum to mosque, and it has been p*ed with clear majority.

He organised an enlightenment campaign on Famagusta and Turkey's plans to open the fenced off area of the City on the Parliamentary *embly of the Council of Europe.

Currently he is the Chairman of the Legal Affairs, Justice and Public Order Committee of the House of Representatives Cyprus, since May 2021.

Writing work

Tornaritis published in Greek a study en*led “The Cyprus Shipping Industry”.

He is also the author of many published articles in the local and international press regarding the Cyprus problem, the reform of education, modern European framework, sustainable development and environmental protection, participatory democracy, the role of the younger generation and the modernization of the state and its ins*utions.

Awards

He has been honoured with the Medal of Honor of the city of Athens in 2002 for his aid in organising the Southeast European Conference in Athens.

He has been honoured by the World Hellenic Inter-parliamentary *ociation.

Personal life

He is married to Lia Andrea Ellinas and has two daughters.

References

External links

• parliament.com.cy
• disy.org.cy