List of ministers of defence of the Republic of Cyprus since the independence in 1960:
Minister Began Ended Osman Orek 1960 1964 Polycarpos Yiorkadjis 4 April 1964 1 November 1968 Epaminondas Komodromos 10 December 1968 15 June 1972 Yorgos Ioannidis 16 June 1972 15 July 1974 Nikos Kosis 8 August 1974 14 January 1975 Christodoulos Veniamin 15 January 1975 6 January 1985 Stelios Katsellis 7 January 1985 31 July 1985 Elias Eliadis 1 August 1985 27 February 1988 Andreas Aloneftis 28 January 1988 27 February 1993 kostas Eliadis 27 February 1993 12 November 1997 Georgios Haralambidis 12 November 1997 27 February 1998 Yiannakis Omirou 28 February 1998 4 January 1999 Yiannakis Hrysostomis 5 January 1999 24 August 1999 Socratis Hasikos 25 August 1999 28 February 2003 Kyriakos Mavronikolas 29 February 2003 13 June 2006 Fivos Klokaris 13 June 2006 26 September 2006 Nicos Symeonidis 16 September 2006 3 May 2007 Christodoulos Pasiardis 14 May 2007 29 February 2008 kostas Papacostas 29 February 2008 14 July 2011 Demetris Eliades 14 July 2011 1 March 2013 Photis Photiou 2 March 2013 13 March 2014 Tasos Mitsopoulos 13 March 2014 22 March 2014 Socratis Hasikos 23 March 2014 6 April 2014 Christoforos Fokaides 7 April 2014 28 February 2018 Savvas Angelides 1 March 2018 30 June 2020 Charalambos Petrides 30 June 2020 3 March 2023 Michalis Giorgallas 3 March 202310 January 2024Vasilis Palmas10 January 2024
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