Neoklis Sylikiotis

Neoklis Sylikiotis
Member of the European Parliament
for Cyprus
Assumed office
July 2014
Preceded byKyriacos Triantaphyllides
Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism
In office
March 2012 – February 2013
PresidentDemetris Christofias
Preceded byPraxoula Antoniadou
Succeeded byYiorgos Lakkotrypis
Minister of the Interior
In office
March 2008 – March 2012
PresidentDemetris Christofias
Preceded byChristos Patsalides
Succeeded byEleni Mavrou
In office
September 2006 – July 2007
PresidentTassos Papadopoulos
Preceded byAndreas Christou
Succeeded byChristos Patsalides
Chair of the European Parliament Delegation for relations with Palestine
In office
30 January 2017 – 1 July 2019
Preceded byMartina Anderson
Succeeded byManu Pineda
Personal details
Born (1959-01-24) 24 January 1959
Limassol, Cyprus
PartyAKEL
Alma materRWTH Aachen
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Neoklis Sylikiotis (Greek: Νεοκλής Συλικιώτης; born 24 January 1959) is a Cypriot politician. From July 2014 to July 2019, he was a Member of the European Parliament and Vice-Chair of GUE/NGL. Sylikiotis was the Cypriot Minister of the Interior between September 2006 and July 2007, and again, between March 2008 and March 2012. Between March 2012 and February 2013, he was Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism. Sylikiotis is a member of leftist party AKEL.