What is House of Representatives (Cyprus)?
The '''House of Representatives''' ({{lang-el|Βουλή των Αντιπροσώπων}} {{transl|el|ISO|''Voulī́ tōn Antiprosṓpōn''}}; {{lang-tr|Temsilciler Meclisi}}) is the [[parliament]] of the [[Cyprus|Republic of Cyprus]]. Members are elected by [[proportional representation]] every five years. 30% of seats are given to the [[Turkish Cypriots|Turkish Cypriot]] community, but these have been empty since 1964. ==Presidents of the House of Representatives== The following people have been Presidents of the House<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.cy/el/photos/%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%AD%CF%83%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%82-%CF%80%CF%81%CF%8C%CE%B5%CE%B4%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%B9-%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82-%CE%B2%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%AE%CF%82|title=Parliament Of Cyprus|website=www.parliament.cy}}</ref> * [[Glafkos Klerides]]: August 1960 – July 22, 1976 * [[Tassos Papadopoulos]]: July 22, 1976 – September 20, 1976 * [[Spyros Kyprianou]]: September 20, 1976 – September, 1977 * [[Alekos Michaelides]]: September, 1977 – June 4, 1981 * [[Georgios Ladas]]: June 4, 1981 – December 30, 1985 * [[Vassos Lyssaridis]]: December 30, 1985 – May 30, 1991 * [[Alexis Galanos]]: May 30, 1991 – June 6, 1996 * [[Spyros Kyprianou]]: June 6, 1996 – June 7, 2001 * [[Dimitris Christofias]]: June 7, 2001 – February 28, 2008 * [[Marios Garoyian|Marios Karoyian]]: March 7, 2008 – June 2, 2011 * [[Yiannakis Omirou]]: June 2, 2011 – June 2, 2016 * [[Demetris Syllouris]]: June 2, 2016 – present ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Government of Cyprus]] [[Category:Organizations based in Cyprus]] [[Category:National legislatures|Cyprus]] [[Category:Unicameral legislatures|Cyprus]] {{politics-stub}}