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Tassos Papadopoulos
1934 – 2008 · aged 74
5th President of the Republic of Cyprus (2003-2008)
- Born
- 7 Jan 1934 · Ayios Antonios, Nicosia
- Died
- 12 Dec 2008 · Nicosia New General Hospital
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 7 Jan 1934BornBorn in Ayios Antonios, Nicosia
- 1960 – 1970RoleCyprus Minister of Labour and Social Insurance
- 1964 – 1966RoleCyprus Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources
- 1966 – 1970RoleCyprus Minister of Health
- 1970 – 1976RoleMember of the House of Representatives of Cyprus
- 1976RolePresident of House of Representatives (Cyprus)
- 1976 – 1980RoleMember of the House of Representatives of Cyprus
- 1980 – 1981RoleMember of the House of Representatives of Cyprus
- 1980 – 1990RoleChairperson
- 1991 – 1996RoleMember of the House of Representatives of Cyprus
- 1996 – 2001RoleMember of the House of Representatives of Cyprus
- 2000 – 2006RolePresident of Democratic Party
- 2001 – 2003RoleMember of the House of Representatives of Cyprus
- 2003 – 2008RolePresident of Cyprus
- 2004AwardCollar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana
- 2004AwardMedal of Saint Platon
- 2005AwardNational Maltese Order of Merit
- 2006AwardDecoration for Exceptional Merits
- 2006AwardGrand Order of King Tomislav
- 2007AwardGrand Cross of the Order of the White Double Cross
- 2007AwardGrand Star of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria
- 2007AwardOrder of the Three Stars, 1st Class
- 12 Dec 2008DiedDied in Nicosia New General Hospital
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1934 – 2008).
- 19341934 FIFA World Cup
- 19361936 Summer Olympics
- 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
- 19381938 FIFA World Cup
- 1938Munich Agreement
- 1939 – 1940Winter War
- 1939 – 1945World War II
- 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
- 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
- 1941Operation Barbarossa
- 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
- 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
- 19501950 FIFA World Cup
- 1950 – 1953Korean War
- 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
- 19541954 FIFA World Cup
- 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
- 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
- 1956Suez Crisis
- 19581958 FIFA World Cup
- 1959Antarctic Treaty System
- 19621962 FIFA World Cup
- 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
- 19661966 FIFA World Cup
- 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
- 1968Prague Spring
- 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
- 19721972 Summer Olympics
- 19741974 FIFA World Cup
- 19781978 FIFA World Cup
- 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
- 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
- 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
- 19841984 Summer Olympics
- 1985Schengen Agreement
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
- 19901990 FIFA World Cup
Biography
Efstathios "Tassos" Nikolaou Papadopoulos (Greek: Ευστάθιος (Τάσσος) Νικολάου Παπαδόπουλος; 7 January 1934 – 12 December 2008) was a Cypriot politician and barrister, who served as President of Cyprus from 2003 to 2008.
An experienced member of the Makarios III’s cabinet, Papadopoulos took charge of the country’s parliament in 1976, two years after the Turkish invasion, and became one the island’s most notable proponents of a hardline position on Cypriot reunification. It was this sentiment that he successfully employed as a candidate in the 2003 presidential election, after which he directed the population to reject the Annan Plan. However, his inability to negotiate an alternative contributed to his failure to win re-election in 2008, despite generally maintaining high approval ratings during his presidency.
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