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Tassos Papadopoulos

1934 - 2008

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Efstathios "Tassos" Nikolaou Papadopoulos (Greek: Ευστάθιος (Τάσσος) Νικολάου Παπαδόπουλος; 7 January 1934 – 12 December 2008) was a Cypriot politician and barrister, who served as President of Cyprus from 2003 to 2008. An experienced member of the Makarios III’s cabinet, Papadopoulos took charge of the country’s parliament in 1976, two years after the Turkish invasion, and became one the island’s most notable proponents of a hardline position on Cypriot reunification. It was this sentiment that he successfully employed as a candidate in the 2003 presidential election, after which he directed the population to reject the Annan Plan. However, his inability to negotiate an alternative contributed to his failure to win re-election in 2008, despite generally maintaining high approval ratings during his presidency. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tassos Papadopoulos is the 4,041st most popular politician (up from 4,478th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Cyprus (down from 8th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Cypriot Politician.

Tassos Papadopoulos is most famous for his role in the coup d'état of April 21, 1967. He was a colonel in the Greek army and one of the leaders of the coup.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tassos Papadopoulos ranks 4,040 out of 19,576. Before him are Violet Jessop, Hilderic, Alaungpaya, Netjerkare Siptah, and Yusef of Morocco. After him are Sultan Husayn Bayqara, Al-Ashraf Khalil, Georges Ernest Boulanger, Mentuhotep IV, Archduchess Maria Clementina of Austria, Gülçiçek Hatun, and Guy, Count of Flanders.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Tassos Papadopoulos ranks 70. Before him are Brian Epstein, Alfred Schnittke, Kurt Hamrin, Jan Švankmajer, Bill Russell, and Stanislav Shushkevich. After him are Udo Jürgens, Ronald Wayne, Raniero Cantalamessa, Hans Hollein, Kenzo Ohashi, and Diana Wynne Jones. Among people deceased in 2008, Tassos Papadopoulos ranks 50. Before him are Giuseppe Di Stefano, Joshua Lederberg, Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow, Thomas Huckle Weller, Aimé Césaire, and Edward Norton Lorenz. After him are Masanobu Fukuoka, Phil Hill, Dino Risi, Dražan Jerković, Robert Rauschenberg, and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

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In Cyprus

Among people born in Cyprus, Tassos Papadopoulos ranks 9 out of 77. Before him are Ptolemy XII Auletes (-117), Makarios III (1913), Henry II of Jerusalem (1271), Nicos Anastasiades (1946), Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus (1442), and Rauf Denktaş (1924). After him are John the Merciful (550), John II of Jerusalem (1260), Michael Cacoyannis (1922), Peter I of Cyprus (1328), Isaac Komnenos of Cyprus (1155), and Alparslan Türkeş (1917).

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Among POLITICIANS In Cyprus

Among politicians born in Cyprus, Tassos Papadopoulos ranks 6. Before him are Ptolemy XII Auletes (-117), Makarios III (1913), Nicos Anastasiades (1946), Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus (1442), and Rauf Denktaş (1924). After him are John II of Jerusalem (1260), Peter I of Cyprus (1328), Isaac Komnenos of Cyprus (1155), Alparslan Türkeş (1917), Glafcos Clerides (1919), and Nikos Christodoulides (1973).

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