Nicos Tornaritis

Nicos Tornaritis (born 6 December 1964[1]) is a Cypriot politician and jurist.

Early life

Tornaitis studied law and political science at University of Athens. He attended the Senior Managers in Government course at the John F. Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University.

Career

He was elected as an MP of Nicosia on May 27, 2001, May 21, 2006[1] and 22 May 2011.

He was chairman of the House Education Committee from 2004 until 14 May 2013 when he became the Parliamentary Representative of Democratic Rally and a member of the Committees of the Interior, Institutions, Securities and Commissioner for Administration and Environment.

He is the third principal the party, focusing on parliamentary issues. He is a member of the Executive Office of the Politburo and the Supreme Council, and Commissioner of Education and Coordinator Division of Culture and Sport. Among other things, he helped create a permanent contact between the Education Committee of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Cultural Affairs of the Hellenic Parliament.

He contributed substantially to the necessary consensus for adoption of law on the functioning of private universities (2007). He was Commissioner for the Environment and Sustainable Development DISY and Chairman of the Economic Management Committee.

The election of the parliamentary mandate (2001) suspended the operation of the lawyer's office supporting the principle of incompatibility between the advisory capacity and the legal profession.

At the parliamentary elections held on 22 May 2011, which revealed that the first Democratic Rally party at rates in Cyprus, Tornaritis was reelected. Tornaritis was enlisted in the fifth rank. With reformation in the House of Representatives of Cyprus Tornaritis retained his position as Chairman of the House Education Committee and a member of the Committee on Environment and Human Rights Commission.

Other work

Tornaritis is vice president of the Institute of Byzantine Culture, and board member of the Marine Life Foundation and Honorary Consul of Cyprus in Kenya.

He published a study entitled "Maritime Cyprus". He published articles and analysis in the press emphasising education reform, the Cyprus problem in the contemporary European context, sustainable development and environmental protection, participatory democracy, the role of the younger generation and modernization of the state and its institution.

Awards

Hewas awarded the Medal of the City of Athens for his contribution in organizing the Conference of Southeast Europe and received honors of the Patriarchate of Alexandria for his contribution to the Orthodox Mission in Africa.

Personal life

Tornaritis is married with two children.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Tornaritis G. Nicos". House of Representatives of Cyprus. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
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