Petros Clerides | |
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Attorney General of Cyprus | |
In office 2005–2013 | |
Succeeded by | Costas Clerides |
Personal details | |
Born | Nicosia,Cyprus | 20 February 1946
Education | Pancyprian Gymnasium |
Alma mater | University of Athens |
Petros Clerides (born 20 February 1946) is the former attorney general of Cyprus. He resigned in 2013,after widespread criticism of his handling of high-profile cases.[ citation needed ]
Petros Clerides was born on 20 February 1946 in Nicosia. [1] He was educated at the Pancyprian Gymnasium,and the University of Athens,where he graduated in 1969 with a bachelor's degree in law. [1]
Clerides was appointed deputy attorney general of Cyprus in 2000, [2] and attorney general in 2005,resigned in June 2016,effective in September,and was replaced with Supreme Court judge Costas Clerides. [3] [4]
Clerides had faced calls to resign after reports that he had used his position to have a drink-driving prosecution against his son suspended. His son was over the alcohol limit,and the car did not have a MOT or road tax. [4] Clerides "openly admitted on television that he had used his nolle prosequi powers to drop charges against his son related to driving offences." [2]
Clerides was also criticised for his handling of the 2005 Helios air crash and Mari explosion trials,and over comments he made about an attempt to publicly seize a ministerial car for an unpaid government debt. [2]
He is married to Danae Michaelidou,and they have two sons,both of whom are lawyers. [1]
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