Democratic Party (Δημοκρατικό Κόμμα)
Leader	Marios Karoyian
Founded	1976
Headquarters	Nicosia, Cyprus
Ideology	Centrism
European Parliament Group	ALDE
Website http://www.diko.org.cy/

The Democratic Party (Greek: Δημοκρατικό Κόμμα, Dimokratikó Kómma) is a centrist political party in Cyprus, founded in 1976 by Spyros Kyprianou. Marios Karoyian (Greek Μάριος Καρογιάν born 31 May 1961) is a Cypriot politician Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nicosia, known locally as Lefkosia (Λευκωσία Lefkoşa is the Capital and largest city of Cyprus. Cyprus (Κύπρος transliterated: Kýpros,; Kıbrıs officially the Republic of Cyprus (Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία Kypriakī́ Dīmokratía In Politics, centrism usually refers to the political ideal of promoting Moderate policies which land in the middle ground between different political extremes The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe ( French: Alliance des Démocrates et des Libéraux pour l'Europe) is an alliance between two European political parties Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly In Politics, centrism usually refers to the political ideal of promoting Moderate policies which land in the middle ground between different political extremes A political party is a Political organization that seeks to attain and maintain political power within Government, usually by participating in electoral Cyprus (Κύπρος transliterated: Kýpros,; Kıbrıs officially the Republic of Cyprus (Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία Kypriakī́ Dīmokratía Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Spyros Achilleos Kyprianou (or Cyprianou) ( October 28, 1932 &ndash March 12, 2002) was one of the most important modern Until recently it was led by Tassos Papadopoulos, who was President of Cyprus before Dimitris Christofias. Tassos Nikolaou Papadopoulos (in Greek, Τάσσος Νικολάου Παπαδόπουλος &ndash born January 7, 1934 in Nicosia The President of Cyprus is the Head of state and the Head of government of the Republic of Cyprus. Dimitris Christofias (Δημήτρης Χριστόφιας also "Demetris" is a left-wing Greek Cypriot politician and the current and sixth It was the third-largest party in Parliament, with 9 of 56 seats. The House of Representatives ( Greek: Βουλή των Αντιπροσώπων Vouli ton Antiprosópon; Turkish: Temsilciler Meclisi In the elections of 21 May 2006, the party won 17. The 2006 legislative election in Cyprus has taken place on 21 May. 9% and 11 out of 56 seats.

Recent elections within the party have brought Marios Karoyian to its leadership. Marios Karoyian (Greek Μάριος Καρογιάν born 31 May 1961) is a Cypriot politician

Papadopoulos was defeated in his bid for re-election in the February 2008 presidential election, placing third in the first round, and subsequently DIKO announced its support for AKEL candidate Dimitris Christofias in the second round. A presidential election was held in Cyprus on 17 February 2008, with the second round held on 24 February 2008. The Progressive Party of Working People ( Greek: Ανορθωτικό Κόμμα Εργαζόμενου Λαού Anorthotikó Kómma Ergazómenou Laoú, AKEL Dimitris Christofias (Δημήτρης Χριστόφιας also "Demetris" is a left-wing Greek Cypriot politician and the current and sixth ^[1]

Presidents

• 1976-2000 Spyros Kyprianou
• 2000-2006 Tassos Papadopoulos
• 2006-present Marios Karoyian

References

External links

• Dimokratikon Komma official site
• Cyprus Elections & Politics

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