George Vassiliou

George Vassiliou (Greek: Γιώργος Βασιλείου; born 20 May 1931) is a Cypriot politician, who served as President of Cyprus from 1988 to 1993.

He sought to find a diplomatic solution to the Cyprus Problem, but was unable to do so and ultimately lost re-election.

In 2018, György Markó's book The Rambo of Pest revealed that Vassiliou was a spy of the counter-intelligence in the Rákosi era, and after 1956 he was an inforant for the Ministry of Interior under the name 'Gergely', and he reported on the economist János Kornai, among others.

[2] He was elected president as an independent candidate with support from AKEL in 1988, succeeding Spyros Kyprianou, who had served two presidential terms.

During his time in office, Cyprus experienced economic growth and he was responsible for a number of reforms including stopping the police practice of keeping files on Cypriot citizens' political beliefs.

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