Euripides L. Evriviades (Greek:ΕυριπίδηςΛ. Ευρυβιάδης,born 1954) is a Cypriot former diplomat who served as High Commissioner of Cyprus to the UK,accredited to the Court of St. James's [1] [2] and Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the International Maritime Organization (IMO). [3] He chaired the Board of Governors of the Commonwealth Secretariat, [4] [5] having previously chaired its executive committee. He was born in Larnaca,Cyprus and is married to Anastasia Iacovidou-Evriviades,an attorney-at-law. [6]
Euripides L. Evriviades is High Commissioner of the Republic of Cyprus to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as of 4 November 2013. Before assuming this post,he was Deputy Permanent Secretary / Political Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Jan. 2012–Nov. 2013) serving,intermittently,as Acting Permanent Secretary. Prior,he served as Ambassador / Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe (Nov. 2008–Jan. 2012),having also chaired its Rapporteur Group on External Relations (2011). Previously,he was Political Director of the Ministry (2006-2008),having concurrent accreditation to the State of Kuwait,pro tem Nicosia. [7]
Mr Evriviades was Ambassador to the United States of America and non-resident High Commissioner to Canada,serving concomitantly as:the Permanent Representative to the International Civil Aviation Organization;the Permanent Observer to the Organization of American States;and Representative to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (2003-2006). He also served as ambassador to the Netherlands (2000-2003) and to Israel (1997-2000). Earlier in his career,he held positions at Cypriot embassies in Bonn,Germany (1986-1988);Moscow,USSR/Russia (1988-1993);and Tripoli,Libya (1995).
He started his diplomatic career in 1976 at the Cyprus Consulate General in New York as Vice-Consul (1976–78) and later as Consul (1978-1982). He also held the position of First Secretary at the Permanent Mission of Cyprus to the United Nations (1980-1982). From 1976 to 1980,he was a member of the Cyprus Delegation to the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (4th–10th sessions). [8]
High Commissioner Evriviades holds a master's degree in Public Administration (MPA - policy area of concentration:International Affairs and Security) from the John F Kennedy School of Government,Harvard University (1984) which he attended as a Fulbright Fellow. He graduated (cum laude,1976) with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of New Hampshire.
He received a Doctor of Laws,Honoris Causa, from his alma mater,the University of New Hampshire (21 May 2005). [9]
Evriviades has published articles on the Cyprus question,on Turkey,security issues of the Eastern Mediterranean,on the Law of the Sea and on diplomacy. He also lectured extensively on these issues. Some of his most recent articles include:
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