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Giorgos Vasiliou
George Vassiliou was a Cypriot politician and businessman who served as President of Cyprus from 1988 to 1993. He was also the president of United Democrats from 1996 to 2005 and sat in the Cypriot House of Representatives from 1996 to 2001.
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business · President of Cyprus from 1988 to 1993 · politician · economist · entrepreneur · also Giorgos Vasiliou, George Vassiliou, Giorgos Vasos Vassiliou, Vasiliou
Born 20 May 1931 · Died 13 January 2026 · Q39180
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2026· 2 entries
Died 2026-01-13.
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2018· 1 entry
György Markó's book The Rambo of Pest revealed that Vassiliou was a spy of the counter-intelligence in the Rákosi era, and after 1956 he was an informant for the Ministry of Interior under the name 'Gergely', and he repo
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2011· 1 entry
Vassiliou co-signed George Soros' open letter calling for more European unity amidst the currency turmoil surrounding the increased usage of the Euro as a single currency for the continent
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2008· 1 entry
Published “Non-P450 aldehyde oxidizing enzymes: the aldehyde dehydrogenase superfamily” in Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology — cited 709 times.
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1996· 2 entries
Career landmark: member of the House of Representatives of Cyprus (1996–1999).
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Career landmark: party leader (1996–2005).
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1993· 2 entries
Career landmark: party leader (1993–1996).
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Which later merged with Adisok and formed United Democrats in 1996
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1992· 2 entries
Cut taxes to prevent tax evasion, had illegal shacks on the Cypriot coast demolished, modernised public administration by introducing new technologies, introduced environmental protection measures and abolished the state
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Cyprus became the first country outside the EEC to peg its national currency to the European Currency Unit
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1991· 1 entry
Won: Malta (June 1991).
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1990· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1990).
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1989· 1 entry
“The only dangerous thing for the Cyprus issue is to remain ... in a vacuum, forgotten and with no one taking any interest.”
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1988· 1 entry
Career landmark: President of Cyprus (1988–1993).
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1962· 1 entry
Worked as an economist and market researcher for the Reed Paper Group in the United Kingdom in 1971 and worked for British academic bodies
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1956· 1 entry
And continued his studies at the University of London
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1931· 1 entry
Born 1931-05-20.
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