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Andreas Kakouris

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His Excellency

Andreas S. Kakouris
Special Envoy for Multilateralism of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In office
3 April 2024 – July 2025
MinisterConstantinos Kombos
Preceded byKyriacos Kouros
Succeeded byTheodora Constantinidou
High Commissioner of Cyprus to the United Kingdom
In office
September 2019 – April 2024
Preceded byEuripides L. Evriviades
Succeeded byKyriacos Kouros
Ambassador of Cyprus to Sweden
In office
September 2013 – July 2017
Ambassador of Cyprus to the United States
In office
December 2006 – 2010
Preceded byEuripides L. Evriviades
Ambassador of Cyprus to Ireland
In office
August 2002 – 2006
Personal details
BornUnited Kingdom
EducationLancaster University
Carleton University

Andreas S. Kakouris is a Cypriot diplomat who serves as the incumbent Special Envoy for Multilateralism of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus.[1][2][3][4][5]

From 2024 to 2025, he served as Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[6][7] He was also the candidate of Cyprus for the position of President of the eighty-first session of the United Nations General Assembly.[8][9][10][11]

Early life and education

Kakouris was born in the United Kingdom.[12][13] In 1981 he graduated with honours from Lancaster University.[6][14] He then went on to complete a Master of Arts in international affairs at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs of Carleton University in Ottawa in 1982.[14][12]

Diplomatic career

Kakouris joined the Cypriot diplomatic service in 1984, serving as the Vice Consul in New York and as a diplomat in the Permanent Mission of Cyprus to the United Nations.[14][12][3] During that period, he was a member of the Cypriot delegation to successive sessions of the General Assembly until 1991 and covered the Fourth Committee on decolonisation, the Second Committee on economic affairs, and the First Committee on disarmament.[14][15]

He served in the Political Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1989, at the Embassy of Cyprus in Brussels and the Permanent Delegation to the European Communities from 1992, and as Deputy Chief of Mission in Washington from 1996.[14][12][13]

As Director of the Political Division for multilateral affairs from 2000, he represented Cyprus at the political directors' meetings of the European Union and its associate countries and served as Senior Official for the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership.[14][12]

In August 2002, Kakouris was appointed as the Ambassador to Ireland.[14][13] He was then appointed as the Ambassador to the United States in December 2006, dually accredited as High Commissioner to Canada and Permanent Representative to the International Civil Aviation Organization.[14][12][16][13]

He then directed the Diplomatic Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs from September 2010 and the Cyprus Question and Turkey Division from August 2011, served as Ambassador to Sweden with parallel accreditation to Norway and Latvia from September 2013, and returned to Nicosia in July 2017 as Director of the Middle East and Africa Division.[14][17]

In September 2019 Kakouris succeeded Euripides L. Evriviades as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.[17][18] On 3 April 2024 he was appointed Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the most senior post in the Cypriot diplomatic service, which he held until his retirement in July 2025.[6][19][20][21]

Candidacy for the General Assembly presidency

Following his retirement, Kakouris was appointed Special Envoy for Multilateralism of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and stood as the candidate of Cyprus for President of the eighty-first session of the United Nations General Assembly.[19][2][22][23][3][24][5]

On 2 June 2026, he received 91 of the 190 votes cast and was defeated by Khalilur Rahman, the foreign minister of Bangladesh, who received 99.[8][25][26][9][27][28][29]

References

  1. ↑ "Bangladesh, Cyprus vie for UNGA presidency". The Business Standard. 1 June 2026. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Top Bangladesh diplomat Rahman elected president of 81st UNGA session". China Daily. Xinhua. 3 June 2026. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Sibbal, Siddhant (31 May 2026). "Cyprus and Bangladesh face off in race for UN General Assembly presidency". WION. Retrieved 14 September 2026.
  4. ↑ "Cyprus determined to stamp out human trafficking". Cyprus Mail. 25 November 2025. Retrieved 14 September 2026.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Πρέσβης Κακουρής: Υποψήφιος για την Προεδρία 81ης Συνόδου ΓΣ ΟΗΕ [Ambassador Kakouris: Candidate for the Presidency of the 81st Session of the UN General Assembly]. Politis (in Ελληνικά). Cyprus News Agency. 18 March 2026. Retrieved 14 September 2026.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Permanent Secretary". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  7. ↑ "Cypriot diaspora the 'best ambassadors'". Cyprus Mail. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2026.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "UN General Assembly elects Bangladesh's Rahman as next president". UN News. 2 June 2026. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Cyprus loses UN General Assembly presidency to Bangladesh". Cyprus Mail. 2 June 2026. Retrieved 14 September 2026.
  10. ↑ Lederer, Edith M. (2 June 2026). "Bangladesh's foreign minister defeats Cyprus' ambassador to be UN General Assembly president". The Washington Post. Associated Press. Retrieved 14 September 2026.
  11. ↑ "Khalilur elected UNGA president". The Daily Star. 2 June 2026. Retrieved 14 September 2026.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 "Kakouris, Andreas". AllGov. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 Scott, Gail (November 2008). "Cypriot Crossover". The Washington Diplomat. Retrieved 14 September 2026.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 14.8 "Andreas S. Kakouris, Diplomatic Career" (PDF). High Commission of the Republic of Cyprus in the United Kingdom. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  15. ↑ "Curriculum Vitae: H.E. Ambassador Andreas S. Kakouris, Cyprus' Candidate for the Presidency of the 81st UN General Assembly" (PDF). Office of the President of the United Nations General Assembly. March 2026. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  16. ↑ "Greeks of the USA Honor Cypriot Ambassador Andreas Kakouris". Greek Reporter. 30 July 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Diplomacy: UK Cypriots celebrate outgoing Cyprus High Commissioner". Financial Mirror. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  18. ↑ "The High Commissioner". High Commission of the Republic of Cyprus in the United Kingdom. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 "Andreas Kakouris is reportedly Cyprus' candidate for UN General Assembly Presidency". Cyprus Business News. 17 April 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  20. ↑ "Permanent Secretary: Ambassador Theodora Constantinidou". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  21. ↑ "'Secret campaign' unnerves diplomats, Cyprus being played in UN arena". Cyprus Mail. 30 July 2025. Retrieved 14 September 2026.
  22. ↑ "Kakouris picked as candidate for UN General Assembly presidency". Cyprus Mail. 17 April 2025. Retrieved 14 September 2026.
  23. ↑ "Cyprus' candidate sets out vision for UN general assembly presidency". Cyprus Mail. 14 May 2026. Retrieved 14 September 2026.
  24. ↑ Στις 2 Ιουνίου η εκλογή νέου Προέδρου της ΓΣ του ΟΗΕ - Τη θέση διεκδικούν Κύπρος και Μπαγκλαντές [Election of the new President of the UN General Assembly on 2 June: Cyprus and Bangladesh contest the post]. Real.gr (in Ελληνικά). 1 June 2026. Retrieved 14 September 2026.
  25. ↑ "Bangladesh's top diplomat elected UN General Assembly leader in tight race". Al Jazeera. 3 June 2026. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  26. ↑ "UNGA 81 President Pledges to Restore Trust, Manage UN Transformation". International Institute for Sustainable Development. June 2026. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  27. ↑ "General Assembly Elects Khalilur Rahman of Bangladesh President of Eighty-First Session, Selects Main Committee Bureaus" (Press release). United Nations. 2 June 2026. GA/12761. Retrieved 14 September 2026.
  28. ↑ Leimbach, Dulcie (5 June 2026). "[UN: June 5] American Deputy Booted Over Unpaid Dues, New Security Council Members & Lots More". PassBlue. Retrieved 14 September 2026.
  29. ↑ "BM Genel Kurulu Başkanlığı'nda 91 oy alan Güney Kıbrıs, 99 oy alan Bangladeş'e kaybetti" [Cyprus, with 91 votes, loses the UN General Assembly presidency to Bangladesh, with 99]. Kıbrıs Postası (in Türkçe). 3 June 2026. Retrieved 14 September 2026.



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