What is Vassos Lyssarides?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Vassos Lyssarides | image = Vassos Lyssarides.jpg | caption = Lyssarides in 2011 | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1920|5|13}} | birth_place = [[Lefkara]], [[Cyprus]] | residence = | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|4|26|1920|5|13|df=y}} | death_place = [[Nicosia]], Cyprus | office = 6th [[President of the House of Representatives (Cyprus)|President of the House of Representatives]] | term_start = 1986 | term_end = 1991 | predecessor = [[Georgios Ladas]] | successor = [[Alexis Galanos]] | office2 = 1st President of [[EDEK]] | term_start2 = 1969 | term_end2 = 2001 | predecessor2 = | successor2 = [[Yiannakis Omirou]] | party = [[EDEK]] | constituency = | majority = | spouse = Barbara Cornwall Lyssarides | children = | website = [http://www.lyssarides.com/ www.lyssarides.com/] | footnotes = | native_name = {{No bold|{{Script/Greek|Βάσος Λυσσαρίδης}}}} }} '''Vassos Lyssarides''' (13 May 1920 &ndash; 26 April 2021) was a [[Cyprus|Cypriot]] [[politician]]. He was an important figure in [[Cyprus]] politics since the island's independence. In 1969, he founded [[EDEK]], the first Socialist political party of Cyprus. He was born on May 13, 1920 in the village of [[Lefkara]]. He was educated at the [[Pancyprian Gymnasium]] and then studied medicine at the [[University of Athens]]. On 30 August 1974, an attempt was made against his life; during the attack, EDEK youth leader [[Doros Loizou]] was killed.<ref>{{cite news | title =Greek Cypriot civil war feared after ambush | date =August 31, 1974 | url =http://archive.timesonline.co.uk/tol/archive/ | work =The Times | pages =1; Issue 59180; col B | access-date =2008-07-17 | archive-date =2008-10-06 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20081006085756/http://archiv