Born in 1963 in Ammochostos. He studied economics and got a Master's Degree in Business Administration at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. He was a representative of the Democratic Rally (DISY) in the Famagusta constituency, Cyprus, from 1996-2014. He is the former Chairman of the House Standing Committee for Areas in Proximity to the Ceasefire Line and of the House Standing Committee on Trade and Industry. He is also a former member of the House Standing Committee on Refugees-Enclaved-Missing-Adversely Affected Persons. He was also a member of the delegation of the House to the Inter-parliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy. He is currently the Vice-President of the Democratic Rally in Cyprus. MEP since 2014.