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    Makarios III (Greek: Μακάριος Γ΄; born Michael Christodoulou Mouskos [Μιχαήλ Χριστοδούλου Μούσκος]; 13 August 1913 – 3 August 1977) was a Greek Cypriot...
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    The Order of Makarios III (Greek: Τάγμα Μακάριου Γ') is the senior order of knighthood awarded by Cyprus. Established in 1991, the order is named after...
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    He entered office in acting capacity following the death of President Makarios III in 1977, before being elected unopposed the following year. He was re-elected...
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  • 1974 Cypriot coup d'état (category Makarios III)
    the coup plotters removed the sitting President of Cyprus, Archbishop Makarios III, from office and installed pro-Enosis nationalist Nikos Sampson. The...
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    Geroskipou and a father from Choulou. He graduated from the Archbishop Makarios III Lyceum in Paphos in 1991, and completed his compulsory two-year military...
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    the plan. Tensions were heightened when Cypriot President Archbishop Makarios III called for constitutional changes, which were rejected by Turkey: 17–20 ...
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  • Agnosto Paraskinio tis Tourkikis Eisvolis – Makarios Droushiotis Years of Renewal-Kissinger Henry Makarios Speech to the Security Council of the UN – 19...
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    1974, the day of the return of Makarios, who was forced to flee on 16 July 1974 on account of the coup. Both Makarios and the House of Representatives...
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    Archbishop Makarios III. A large force of troops and tanks descended on the Archbishopric in Nicosia and laid siege to it, though Archbishop Makarios himself...
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    Archbishop Makarios III Lyceum Dasoupoli, also simply known as Dasoupolis Lyceum, is a public high school located in Apostolos Varnavas & Agios Makarios, Strovolos...
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  • Macarius (redirect from Makarios)
    name Makários (Μακάριος), meaning "happy, fortunate, blessed"; compare the Latin beatus and felix. Ancient Greeks applied the epithet Makarios to the...
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    conjunction with EOKA B. It deposed the Cypriot president Archbishop Makarios III and installed Nikos Sampson. The aim of the coup was the union (enosis)...
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    Harding sought to meet Archbishop Makarios, and both agreed on commencing what became known as Harding-Makarios negotiations. Increased security and...
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    Archbishop Makarios III was elected President of the newly established republic of Cyprus. Disagreements of the other three bishops with Makarios led to the...
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    1950 and was succeeded by Makarios III. On 6 March 1950, shortly before the Israeli consulate opened in Nicosia, Makarios II sent a letter to the office...
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    Cyprus on 16 August 1960 and formed the Republic of Cyprus. Archbishop Makarios III, a charismatic religious and political leader, was elected as the first...
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  • Ethnarch (category Makarios III)
    Makarios. Unlike Venizelos and Karamanlis, who are rarely ever called ethnarches in such uses, streets of major Greek cities are named after Makarios:...
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    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...
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    Kykkos Monastery (category Makarios III)
    was burned down many times. The first President of Cyprus, Archbishop Makarios III started his ecclesiastical career there as a monk in 1926. He remained...
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    years their teams played at the stadium. The Makario was built in 1978 and is named after Makarios III, the Ethnarch of Cyprus; Archbishop and first...
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    v t e Presidents of Cyprus Makarios III Glafcos Clerides (acting) Makarios III Spyros Kyprianou George Vassiliou Glafcos Clerides Tassos Papadopoulos...
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  • community was reinforced when the Archbishop of the Church of Cyprus, Makarios III, was elected the first president of the Republic of Cyprus in 1960. For...
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    Gizenga, Deputy Prime Minister Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado, President of Cuba Makarios III, President of Cyprus Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia Kwame Nkrumah...
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    the State Council of Bulgaria Pierre Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada Makarios III, President of Cyprus Anker Jørgensen, Prime Minister of Denmark Carlos...
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  • bitter personal antipathy towards the President of Cyprus, Archbishop Makarios III, considering him opportunistic and communistic. He called him the "Red...
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    The statue of Archbishop Makarios III near the Kykkos Monastery in Cyprus...
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    a union between Greece and Cyprus became known as enosis. Archbishop Makarios III called for Cypriots to reject England's reforms and protest in favour...
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    Patriarch Macarius (or Makarios) III Ibn al-Za'im (Arabic: مكاريوس الثالث بن الزعيم, romanized: Makāriyūs aṯ-Ṯāliṯ bin az-Zaʿīm; born Yousef Za'im, died...
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    Bandung Conference (category Makarios III)
    pre-independent colonial Cyprus was represented by [the] eventual first president, Makarios III. 3 Pre-independence Anglo-Egyptian Sudan was represented by Chief Minister...
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    London and Zürich Agreements (category Makarios III)
    Greece, the United Kingdom and Cypriot community leaders (Archbishop Makarios III for Greek Cypriots and Dr. Fazıl Küçük for Turkish Cypriots). On that...
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