Neoklis Sylikiotis
{{Short description|Cypriot politician}}
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| parliament = European
| constituency_MP = Cyprus
| term_start = July 2014
| predecessor = Kyriacos Triantaphyllides
| office2 = Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism
| term_start2 = March 2012
| term_end2 = February 2013
| predecessor2 = Praxoula Antoniadou
| successor2 = Yiorgos Lakkotrypis
| office3 = Minister of the Interior
| term_start3 = March 2008
| term_end3 = March 2012
| predecessor3 = Christos Patsalides
| successor3 = Eleni Mavrou
| term_start4 = September 2006
| term_end4 = July 2007
| predecessor4 = Andreas Christou
| successor4 = Christos Patsalides
| office5 = Chair of the European Parliament Delegation for relations with Palestine
| term_start5 = 30 January 2017
| term_end5 = 1 July 2019
| predecessor5 = Martina Anderson
| successor5 = Manu Pineda
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| birth_place = Limassol, Cyprus
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| party = AKEL
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Neoklis Sylikiotis ({{langx|el|Νεοκλής Συλικιώτης}}; born 24 January 1959) is a Cypriot politician. From July 2014 to July 2019, he was a Member of the European Parliament and Vice-Chair of GUE/NGL. Sylikiotis was the Cypriot Minister of the Interior between September 2006 and July 2007, and again, between March 2008 and March 2012. Between March 2012 and February 2013, he was Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism. Sylikiotis is a member of leftist party AKEL.
Personal life and education
Sylikiotis was born in Limassol in 1959. He studied mechanical engineering at RWTH Aachen. He is married and has a son.{{cite web|title=Neoklis Sylikiotis – Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism|url=http://www.cy2012.eu/index.php/en/page/the-cyprus-ministers/?cv=27|website=Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2012 – Cyprus Government|accessdate=3 February 2015}}
References
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External links
- {{MEP|124689}}
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Category:MEPs for Cyprus 2014–2019
Category:Progressive Party of Working People MEPs
Category:Health ministers of Cyprus
Category:Ministers of interior of Cyprus
Category:Ministers of energy, commerce, industry and tourism of Cyprus
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