title: 1961 in Cyprus
text: # 1961 in Cyprus
  
  Events in the year 1961 in Cyprus.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President: Makarios III
  * President of the Parliament: Glafcos Clerides
  
  ## Events
  
  March - Cyprus became a republic in the Commonwealth of Nations at the 1961 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference, and President Makarios III became a Commonwealth Head of State & a Commonwealth Head of Government as a result.
  
  * The Cypriot Chess Championship joined FIDE.
  