What is Demetris Christofias?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Demetris Christofias | native_name = {{No bold|{{Script/Greek|Δημήτρης Χριστόφιας}}}} | image = Demetris Christofias in February 2011.jpg | office = [[List of Presidents of Cyprus|6th]] [[President of Cyprus]] | term_start = 28 February 2008 | term_end = 28 February 2013 | predecessor = [[Tassos Papadopoulos]] | successor = [[Nicos Anastasiades]] | office1 = 9th [[House of Representatives (Cyprus)|President of the House of Representatives]] | term_start1 = 7 June 2001 | term_end1 = 28 February 2008 | predecessor1 = [[Spyros Kyprianou]] | successor1 = [[Marios Garoyian]] | office2 = 4th [[Progressive Party of Working People|General Secretary of the <br>Progressive Party of Working People]] | term_start2 = 22 April 1988 | term_end2 = 21 February 2009 | predecessor2 = [[Ezekias Papaioannou]] | successor2 = [[Andros Kyprianou]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1946|8|29|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Kato Dikomo]], [[British Cyprus]] | signature = Accession Treaty 2011 Dimitris Christofias signature.svg | death_date = {{death date and age|2019|6|21|1946|8|29|df=y}} | death_place = [[Nicosia]], Cyprus | party = [[Progressive Party of Working People]] | spouse = Elsie Chiratou | children = Marianna<br/>Christina<br/>Christos | religion = | alma_mater = [[Russian Academy of Sciences]] }} '''Demetris Christofias''', also spelled '''Dimitris Christofias''' ({{lang-el|Δημήτρης Χριστόφιας}} {{IPA-el|ðiˈmitɾis xɾiˈstofças|}}; 29 August 1946 &ndash; 21 June 2019), was a [[Cyprus|Cypriot]] politician. He was the sixth [[President of Cyprus]] from 2008 to 2013. Christofias was the [[General Secretary]] of [[Progressive Party of Working People|AKEL]], the communist party of Cyprus, and was the [[European Union]]'s and Cyprus' firs