Spyros Achilleos Kyprianou (Greek: Σπύρος Αχιλλέως Κυπριανού; 28 October 1932 – 12 March 2002) was a Cypriot barrister and politician, who served as President of Cyprus from 1977 to 1988.

[1] He studied Economics and Commerce at the City of London College and law at Gray's Inn.

In 1952 he was appointed secretary of Archbishop Makarios III in London and in 1954 he assumed responsibility for the Office of the Secretary of the Cyprus Ethnarchy in London, the major objective of which was to inform British public opinion on the Cyprus issue.

He also participated in meetings of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, of which he served as chairman from April to December 1967.

He resigned from his post as Minister of Foreign Affairs on 5 May 1972, after a dispute with the military regime in Athens.

In February 1975, he attended the Security Council meeting in New York as member of the Cyprus delegation.

The expense of an election proved unnecessary however, and the press noted on 31 August, "He was the only candidate nominated for the post by the noon deadline today.

"[4] Kyprianou's elder son Achilles was kidnapped by members of EOKA on the evening of 14 December 1977.

[8] His second son, Markos Kyprianou, served as a European Commissioner from 2004 to 2008 and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus.

Spyrou Kyprianou Avenue (Greek: Λεωφόρος Σπύρου Κυπριανού) in Nicosia was named after him posthumously, as well as a plethora of other streets across the island.