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Nicos Anastasiades
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Nicos Anastasiades (Greek: Νίκος Αναστασιάδης; born 27 September 1946) is a Cypriot politician who has been President of Cyprus since 2013. He was re-elected in 2018. Previously, he was the leader of Democratic Rally between 1997 and 2013 and served as Member of Parliament from Limassol between 1981 and 2013.
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The solution we concluded is not what we wanted but is the least painful under the circumstances, ... I bear the political cost for this, in order to limit as much as possible the consequences for the economy and for our fellow Cypriots.
As part of a televised address to the nation.17 March 2013 Cyprus leader Nicos Anastasiades 'fights EU on bailout' 15 March 2023 BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21824495
The address explained reluctant acceptance offer of Eurozone demand that Cypriot citizens pay a one-off tax of between 6.75% and 10.0% on bank accounts in return for a bailout of Cypriots econonomy.
We acknowledge human suffering. But at the same time, we must take measures against efforts to alter the demographic character of our country,
Jansen Michael 2020-03-05 Cypriots row over borders amid migrant and coronavirus fears - President criticised for closing gates between south and north for first time since 2003 2023-03-15 https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/cypriots-row-over-borders-amid-migrant-and-coronavirus-fears-1.4194322 The Irish Times
In the context of measures to be taken to address the flow of migrants from the Turkish mainland to the Turkish-Cypriot north who were then settling in the southern republic causing tensions.
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