Constantinos Petrides
{{Short description|Cypriot politician (borm 1974)}}
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| birth_place = Nicosia, Cyprus
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| office1 = Minister of Interior of Cyprus
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| president1 = Nicos Anastasiades
| term_start1 = 11 May 2017
| term_end1 = 3 December 2019
| office2 = Deputy Minister to the President of Cyprus
| term_start2 = 1 March 2013
| term_end2 = 8 May 2017
| predecessor2 = Titos Christofides
| successor2 = Vasilis Palmas
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| party = Democratic Rally
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| predecessor1 = Socratis Hasikos
| successor = Makis Keravnos
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| successor1 = Nicos Nouris
| office = Minister of Finance of Cyprus
| predecessor = Harris Georgiades
| term_start = 3 December 2019
| term_end = 28 February 2023
| profession = Economist
| president = Nicos Anastasiades
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Constantinos Petrides (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Πετρίδης; born 1 July 1974) is a Cypriot politician. He served as Minister of Finance, Minister of Interior, and Deputy Minister to the President of Cyprus at various times during the presidency of Nicos Anastasiades.{{Cite web |title=Κωνσταντίνος Πετρίδης |url=https://disy.org.cy/constantinos_petrides/ |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=Δημοκρατικός Συναγερμός |language=en-US}}
Petrides is also one of the six candidates representing the Democratic Rally in the 2024 European Parliament Elections.{{Cite web |title=Ο ΔΗΣΥ ανακοίνωσε τους έξι υποψήφιους Ευρωβουλευτές του |url=https://economytoday.sigmalive.com/oikonomia/kypros/76320_o-disy-anakoinose-toys-exi-ypopsifioys-eyrovoyleytes-toy |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=Economy Today |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Με ανατροπή τα αποτελέσματα για το ψηφοδέλτιο του ΔΗΣΥ στις Ευρωεκλογές-Ποιοι έκοψαν το νήμα |url=https://reporter.com.cy/article/2024/2/10/758387/me-anatrope-ta-apotelesmata-gia-to-psephodeltio-tou-desu-stis-euroekloges-poioi-mpainoun-sto-psephodeltio/ |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=Με ανατροπή τα αποτελέσματα για το ψηφοδέλτιο του ΔΗΣΥ στις Ευρωεκλογές-Ποιοι έκοψαν το νήμα |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Ευρωεκλογές 2024 |url=https://disy.org.cy/elections/ |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=Δημοκρατικός Συναγερμός |language=en-US}}
Education and Career
Constantinos Petrides was born on July 1, 1974, in Nicosia. He graduated from The English School, in Nicosia and served in the National Guard as a reserve infantry officer. He studied Economics at the University of Nottingham and subsequently obtained a Master's degree in Political Economy of Transition in Europe from the London School of Economics.{{Cite web |date=2019-08-23 |title=Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών - Βιογραφικό Σημείωμα |url=http://www.moi.gov.cy/moi/moi.nsf/page10_gr/page10_gr?OpenDocument |access-date=2024-03-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190823144833/http://www.moi.gov.cy/moi/moi.nsf/page10_gr/page10_gr?OpenDocument |archive-date=August 23, 2019 }}
In 2000, he worked at the Cyprus – European Union Relations Directorate at the Planning Bureau, as part of the negotiations for Cyprus' accession to the European Union. From 2000 to 2006, he served as a Senior Officer at the Association of Cyprus Banks and represented the Association at the European Banking Federation and the National Preparatory Committee for the adoption of the euro.
From 2006 to 2011, he was employed at the European Commission in Brussels as an economist in the Directorate-General for Agriculture and the Directorate-General for Competition.
During his tenure at the European Commission he served as a negotiator in trade liberalisation agreements between the EU and third countries and worked on issues related to public subsidies in the transport sector.
In 2011, he assumed the position of Director of the Office of the President of the Democratic Rally, Nicos Anastasiades.
Political career
On March 1, 2013, Petrides was appointed Deputy Minister to the President in the government of Nicos Anastasiades, a position he held until May 8, 2017.{{Cite web |date=2013-02-28 |title=Βιογραφικά σημειώματα του νέου κυβερνητικού σχήματος |url=https://www.kathimerini.com.cy/gr/124635/?ctype=ar |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223220907/https://www.kathimerini.com.cy/gr/124635/?ctype=ar |archive-date=2020-02-23 |access-date=2020-02-23 |website=Kathimerini.com.cy |publisher=Η Καθημερινή}}{{Cite web |date=2017-05-08 |title=ΥΠΕΣ Πετρίδης, Υφυπουργός Πάλμας, Διευθυντής Γραφείου Σοφοκλέους |url=https://www.kathimerini.com.cy/gr/politiki/ypes-petridis-yfypoyrgos-palmas-dieythyntis-grafeioy-sofokleoys |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323221100/http://www.kathimerini.com.cy/gr/politiki/ypes-petridis-yfypoyrgos-palmas-dieythyntis-grafeioy-sofokleoys |archive-date=2020-03-23 |access-date=2020-03-23 |website=Kathimerini.com.cy |publisher=Η Καθημερινή}}{{Cite web |date=2017-05-08 |title=Κύπρος: Νέος υπουργός Εσωτερικών ο Κωνσταντίνος Πετρίδης |url=https://www.protothema.gr/politics/article/677481/kupros-neos-upourgos-esoterikon-o-konstadinos-petridis/ |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=ProtoThema |language=el}}
On May 11, 2017, he was appointed Minister of Interior, before stepping down on December 3, 2019, to assume the role of Minister of Finance.{{Cite web |title=Κατάλογος Ονομάτων Υπουργών και Υφυπουργών από την Ανακήρυξη της Δημοκρατίας. |url=http://www.cm.gov.cy/cm/cm.nsf/page33_gr/page33_gr?OpenDocument |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190727090009/http://www.cm.gov.cy/cm/cm.nsf/page33_gr/page33_gr?OpenDocument |archive-date=2019-07-27 |access-date=2019-07-27 |website=www.cm.gov.cy}}{{Cite web |title=Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών - Προηγούμενοι Υπουργοί |url=http://www.moi.gov.cy/moi/moi.nsf/page13_gr/page13_gr?OpenDocument |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701004905/http://www.moi.gov.cy/moi/moi.nsf/page13_gr/page13_gr?OpenDocument |archive-date=2019-07-01 |access-date=2019-07-23 |website=www.moi.gov.cy |publisher=Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών}}{{Cite web |date=2019-12-03 |title=Τελετή διαβεβαίωσης των νέων Υπουργών |url=http://www.philenews.com/eidiseis/politiki/article/831270/teleti-diabebaiosis-ton-neon-ypoyrgn-eik-binteo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203153731/http://www.philenews.com/eidiseis/politiki/article/831270/teleti-diabebaiosis-ton-neon-ypoyrgn-eik-binteo |archive-date=2019-12-03 |access-date=2019-12-03 |publisher=Ο Φιλελεύθερος}}
On February 10, 2024, it was announced that Petrides would be one of the six candidates representing the Democratic Rally in the 2024 European Parliament Elections, after finishing second in the party's internal election.{{Cite web |title=Ο ΔΗΣΥ ανακοίνωσε τους έξι υποψήφιους Ευρωβουλευτές του |url=https://economytoday.sigmalive.com/oikonomia/kypros/76320_o-disy-anakoinose-toys-exi-ypopsifioys-eyrovoyleytes-toy |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=Economy Today |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Με ανατροπή τα αποτελέσματα για το ψηφοδέλτιο του ΔΗΣΥ στις Ευρωεκλογές-Ποιοι έκοψαν το νήμα |url=https://reporter.com.cy/article/2024/2/10/758387/me-anatrope-ta-apotelesmata-gia-to-psephodeltio-tou-desu-stis-euroekloges-poioi-mpainoun-sto-psephodeltio/ |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=Με ανατροπή τα αποτελέσματα για το ψηφοδέλτιο του ΔΗΣΥ στις Ευρωεκλογές-Ποιοι έκοψαν το νήμα |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Ευρωεκλογές 2024 |url=https://disy.org.cy/elections/ |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=Δημοκρατικός Συναγερμός |language=en-US}}