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Ezekias Papaioannou was born on 8 October, 1908 in Kellaki, Cyprus, is an A leader of the Progressive Party of Working People. Discover Ezekias Papaioannou's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old?

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Age 79 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 8 October 1908
Birthday 8 October
Birthplace Kellaki, Cyprus
Date of death 10 April, 1988
Died Place Cyprus
Nationality Cyprus

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His wife is Adeline Williams (m. 1940; div. 1946) Irene Markoulli (wid.)

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1908

Ezekias Papaioannou (Εζεκίας Παπαϊωάννου; October 8, 1908 – April 10, 1988) was a Greek Cypriot communist politician and secretary general of the left-wing political party of AKEL.

He was born in the village of Kellaki, Limassol District, and received his secondary education at the American Academy of Larnaca with financial help from his brother.

In his last year of school because of health reasons he moved to Nicosia where he finished his studies in The English School, Nicosia.

He then worked as a miner in Skouriotissa (Foukasa) and as a manual worker in Piraeus port.

1930

He moved to London in the early 1930s where he actively worked with the Communist Party of Great Britain against different fascist factions.

During this time he was arrested and jailed for three months by the British authorities.

During his time in Britain he became a founding member of the Association of Cypriot Affairs which sought the expulsion of the British from Cyprus.

1936

In 1936, he was part of a contingent of 60 Cypriot leftists who volunteered to fight in the Spanish Civil War as part of the International Brigades.

15 of them died and Ezekias was injured and had to return to London.

Cyprus had the biggest percentage of volunteers and dead per capita of any country fighting against Francisco Franco.

After the war he lived in London and worked as a milkman.

With the start of World War II Ezekias tried to enlist but he was refused because of his old injuries and a poor health.

Not able to remain idle he joined the London air defence where he served until the end of the war.

1945

In 1945 he was asked by AKEL to return to Cyprus where he remained until the end of his life.

1946

After his return, he immediately got involved in local politics and in 1946 he became editor-in-chief of the newspaper Democratis and in 1949 3rd general secretary of the Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL), a position he held for 40 years until his death.

During the next few years he worked endlessly along with his party for the rights of workers and against British colonialism.

1955

The party was declared illegal by the British authorities in 1955 and Ezekias together with another 134 members were arrested and jailed.

1959

Soon after Ezekias escaped and continued the fight until Independence in 1959.

Ezekias was against the Zürich and London Agreement, claiming it was unworkable.

He worked for the next two decades to prevent all tactics of the extreme right wing elements of the island and to foster better relations with the Turkish Cypriots.

1960

In 1960, following the independence of Cyprus from the British Empire, he was elected to parliament.

1988

Papaioannou was repeatedly re-elected and served as a member of Parliament for 28 consecutive years up until his death in 1988.

In his will, he left all his assets to his party.