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Maria Panayiotou was born on June 5, 1982 in Larnaka.

She studied History and Archaeology at the University of Cyprus, from where she graduated in 2004 with honors. In 2006 she completed her postgraduate studies at the University of Birmingham, where she received the title Mphil (B) in Modern East Mediterranean History. In 2017, he was awarded a PhD in Modern and Contemporary History at the University of Cyprus.

Since 2004, she has worked on more than seven research projects of excellence, co-funded by the European Development Funds, the University of Cyprus, the Research Promotion Foundation and the Anastasios G. Leventis Foundation, where she gained considerable experience in archival research and in management of research projects. Especially noteworthy was her employment as a member of the Scientific Team of the University of Cyprus for the work “Cyprus File” from 2007 to 2010. From March 2016 until today she was honoured to be Head of the Press Office and Spokesperson of the Movement of Social Democrats EDEK. From 2017 to 2022 she worked as a Special Scientist for teaching economic history at the Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Cyprus.

She has published more than 16 scientific articles in mixed volumes and international scientific journals (such as the European History Quarterly) on the subject of economic history, while she has already participated in a large number of international scientific conferences, the most recent of which being the International Conference of Modern Greek Studies Association in Toronto, Canada (October 2022).

She comes from Agios Sergios, Ammochostos and resides temporarily in Larnaka. Her parents are Michalis Panayiotou and Iphigenia Kossifou. She is the mother of an eight-year-old boy, Achilleas Ioannou.

(MPO/NG)