Politics of Cyprus

Ministries
The Ministers form the Council of Ministers, including other members who may not be listed, which is an independent collective body with independent powers. In bold is listed a Ministry that was not an original ministry, but created after London and Zürich Agreements.


 * 1) Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, Minister: Petros Xenophontos
 * 2) Ministry of Energy, Commerce and Industry, Minister: Giorgos Papanastasiou
 * 3) Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works, Minister: Alexis Vafiades
 * 4) Ministry of Defence, Minister: Vasilis Palmas
 * 5) Ministry of Education and Culture, Minister: Dr Athena Michaelidou
 * 6) Ministry of Finance, Minister: Makis Keravnos
 * 7) Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Minister: Constantinos Kombos
 * 8) Ministry of Health, Minister: Popi Kanari
 * 9) Ministry of Interior, Minister: Constantinos Ioannou
 * 10) Ministry of Justice and Public Order, Minister: Anna Prokopiou
 * 11) Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance, Minister: Yiannis Panayiotou

Deputy Ministries

 * 1) Deputy Ministry of Shipping, Deputy Minister: Marina Hadjimanoli
 * 2) Deputy Ministry of Tourism, Deputy Minister: Costas Koumis
 * 3) Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy, Deputy Minister: Nicodemos Damianou
 * 4) Deputy Ministry of Social Welfare, Deputy Minister: Marilena Evangelou
 * 5) Deputy Ministry of Culture, Deputy Minister: Vasiliki Kassianidou

Legislative branch
The House of Representatives (Βουλή των Αντιπροσώπων; Temsilciler Meclisi) has 59 members elected for a five-year term: 56 Greek Cypriot members chosen by proportional representation and 3 observer members representing the Maronite, Latin Catholic and Armenian minorities. 24 seats are allocated to the Turkish community, but are currently vacant.

Political pressure groups and leaders

 * 1) Cypriot Workers Union (Συνομοσπονδία Εργατών Κύπρου (Σ.Ε.Κ.))
 * 2) Union of Cypriots (Ένωσις Κυπρίων; Kıbrıslılar Birliği)
 * 3) Revolutionary Trade Unions Federation (DEV-İŞ)
 * 4) Pan-Cyprian Labour Federation or PEO (Παγκύπρια Εργατική Ομοσπονδία (Π.Ε.Ο.))
 * 5) Eleftheria Citizens Initiative (Πρωτοβουλία Πολιτών Ελευθερία)

Administrative divisions


The island is divided into 6 administrative divisions: Nicosia (Lefkosia), Limassol (Lemesos), Larnaca, Paphos, Famagusta (Ammochostos), and Kyrenia.

Exclaves and enclaves
Cyprus has four exclaves, all in territory that belongs to the British Sovereign Base Area of Dhekelia. The first two are the villages of Ormidhia and Xylotymvou. Additionally there is the Dhekelia Power Station, which is divided by a British road into two parts. The northern part is an enclave, like the two villages, whereas the southern part is located by the sea and therefore not an enclave &mdash;although it has no territorial waters of its own.

The UN buffer zone separating the territory controlled by the Turkish Cypriot administration from the rest of Cyprus runs up against Dhekelia and picks up again from its east side, off of Ayios Nikolaos (connected to the rest of Dhekelia by a thin land corridor). In that sense, the buffer zone turns the south-east corner of the island, the Paralimni area, into a de facto, though not de jure, exclave.