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Cyprus

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House of Representatives

Political system Political systems: Presidential, Parliamentary, Presidential-Parliamentary, Monarchy, Communist, Transitional.
Presidential system
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Structure of parliament Structure of parliament: Unicameral, bicameral
Unicameral
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IPU membership Current membership status
Yes
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About parliament

Basic information such as the official name of parliament and details of its structure and leadership. Also includes the current breakdown of MPs by sex and age, and provisions for quotas and reserved seats.

Parliament name
Vouli Antiprosopon (House of Representatives)
Chamber name
Vouli Antiprosopon (House of Representatives)
Parliamentary term (years)
5

IPU membership

Affiliation periods
from 1978
IPU Geopolitical Group/s IPU Geopolitical Groups: African Group, Arab Group, Asia-Pacific Group, Eurasia Group, Group of Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC), Twelve Plus Group.
Twelve Plus Group

Speaker

Official title The Speaker may for example be known as the Presiding Officer, President, Chairman/Chairperson, etc.
President of the House of Representatives
Speaker
Demetris Syllouris (Male)
Year of birth
1953
Term
02.06.2016
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Secretary General

Official title This post is most commonly called Secretary General or Clerk. It may also be called Secretary, Head/Chief of the Secretariat, Director General, etc.
Secretary General
Secretary General
Socrates Socratous (Male)
Notes Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 15 June 2019.

Members

Statutory number of members Statutory number of members, as defined in the constitution or other fundamental law.
80
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Principal mode of designation of members
Directly elected
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Directly elected members Directly elected by citizens.
80
Note on the statutory number of members
56 members are elected by the Greek-Cypriot community while 24 are elected by the Turkish-Cypriot community (seats currently vacant).
Current number of members Number of members who currently hold seats in parliament. May be lower or higher than the statutory number of members.
56
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Women The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
10
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Percentage of women Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
17.86% See historical data for this field.
Statutory number of members per country As defined in the constitution or other fundamental laws. Combines the number of parliamentarians in both chambers in bicameral parliaments.
80
Population (in thousands) Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects.
1,161
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Inhabitants per parliamentarian Calculated by dividing the population by the statutory number of parliamentarians.
14,513 See historical data for this field.

Age

Data on the age of parliamentarians is collected at start of the legislature, following the most recent elections. This data is not updated during the legislature.

 

Average age of all members
Not available
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Youngest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
33
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Youngest member
Efthymios Diplaros (Male)
Oldest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
67
Oldest member
Nicos Koutsou (Male)
Number of members, by age
Breakdown of members by age and gender
18 - 20 21 - 30 31 - 40 41 - 45 46 - 50 51 - 60 61 - 70 71 - 80 81 - 90 91 and over Totals per gender
Totals per age interval 0 0 1 4 6 33 12 0 0 0
Total <= 45: 5 Total >= 46: 51
Male 0 0 1 4 5 29 10 0 0 0 49
Female 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 7
Percentage of members, by age
Age as last election or renewalOverallMaleFemale
Percentage of MPs 30 years of age or younger0%0%0%
Percentage of MPs 40 years of age or younger1.79%1.79%0%
Percentage of MPs 45 years of age or younger8.93%8.93%0%
Members for whom data is available
56

Reserved seats and quotas

There are reserved seats in parliament for certain groups Reserved seats are a means to ensure the parliamentary representation of certain groups in society.
Yes
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Number of reserved seats, by group
Notes
The Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus stipulates that, of the 80 seats in Parliament, 56 members are elected by the Greek-Cypriot community while 24 are elected by the Turkish-Cypriot community. Of the 56 Greek-Cypriot seats, 3 are reserved for each of the religious groups (Latins, Maronites, and Armenians).
Electoral quota for women Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Yes
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Notes
Voluntary political party quotas.
Legal source Legal text that stipulates the quota, such as the Constitution or electoral law.
cf. individual party statutes.
Electoral quota for youth Quotas to promote the representation of youth in parliament.
No
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