Kyprianou, Spyros (1932–2002)
Cypriot politician, president 1977–88. Foreign minister 1961–72, he founded the federalist, centre-left Democratic Front in 1976.
Educated in Cyprus and the UK, he became a barrister in the UK in 1954. He became secretary to Archbishop Makarios in London in 1952 and returned with him to Cyprus in 1959. On the death of Makarios in 1977 he became acting president and was then elected. He was defeated in the 1988 presidential elections.
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