Editing Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis

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! colspan="2" class="n" style="text-align: center; font-size: 132%;" | Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis
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! colspan="2" style="background-color: lavender; text-align: center" |  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ministers_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Cyprus) Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus]
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| colspan="2" style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center" | In Office
 
5 August 2011 until 27 February 2013
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! style="text-align:left;" | Preceded by
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioannis_Kasoulidis Ioannis Kasoulidis]
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! colspan="2" style="background-color: lavender; text-align: center" | Personal details
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! style="text-align:left;" | Born
| 1949
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limassol Limassol], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus Cyprus]
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! style="text-align:left;" | Nationality
| Cypriot
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! style="text-align:left;" | Political party
| George Marcoullis
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Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis is Cypriot politician, academic and highly respected writer on political issues.

== Biography ==

During her long and fruitful career, Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis has represented Cyprus in numerous Assemblies, Congresses and Conferences, not just for the European Union, but also the Council of Europe, the Commonwealth, the OSCE and the United Nations. She has also published a great body of work on a wide range of issues, most notably the Cyprus Problem, the United Nations and the European Union, Cultural Diplomacy and Foreign Policy as well as Gender Equality.

== Education ==

Born in Limassol in 1949, Marcoullis studied Law (1972) and Public Law with Political Science (1974) at the University of Athens. Following this he obtained a PhD in Sociology and Political Science from the University of Helsinki in 1979. 

== Notable Work ==

•	Member of the Permanent Mission of Cyprus to the United Nations (1980-1988)
•	Diplomat at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1980-2007
•	Member of the Cyprus Question Division (1988-1993)
•	Director of the Cyprus Question and EU-Turkey Affairs Division
•	Director of the Permanent Secretary's Office (1993-1996)
•	Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to the United States of America (1998-2003) with parallel accreditation to, Brazil, Canada Guyana, Jamaica, as well as the World Bank, the IMF, ICAO and the Organization of American States.
•	Ambassador to Sweden as well as all other Nordic and Baltic States (2005-2007)
•	Ambassador to Lebanon and Jordan (2005-2007). 
•	Minister of Communications (2010 – Present) 
•	Minister of Foreign Affairs (2011-2013)

== Futher Information ==

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvKawRPVRU8 ICD "Respecting and Protecting Religious Heritage-An Important Contribution to Interfaith Dialogue"  A Lecture by Dr. Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis, Former Foreign Minister of Cyprus.  International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy & Religion 2014 "The Promotion of World Peace through Inter-Faith Dialogue & the Unity of Faiths"  (Rome, Italy; March 31st - April 3rd, 2014)]

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWAMoDl5pRk ICD - An interview with Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis, ICD Advisory Board Member; Former Minister of Foreign AFFAIRS of Cyprus  The Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy 2013 "Cultural Diplomacy & Cross Continental Cooperation: Building ]

== External links and References ==

[http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/academy/index.php?erato-kozakou-marcoullis ICD website biography]

[http://www.cyprus.gov.cy/moi/pio/pio.nsf/index_en/index_en?opendocument Press and information office]





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 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWAMoDl5pRk ICD - An interview with Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis, ICD Advisory Board Member; Former Minister of Foreign AFFAIRS of Cyprus  The Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy 2013 "Cultural Diplomacy & Cross Continental Cooperation: Building ]
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-! colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;" | Political offices
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-| width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" | Preceded by Tassos Papadopoulos
-| width="40%" style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1" | Minister of Foreign Affairs
-August 2011 -  28 February 2013
-| width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" | Succeeded by
-Ioannis Kasoulidis
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