Stavros Malas (Greek: Σταύρος Μαλάς; born 10 June 1967) is a Cypriot geneticist, academic and politician who served in the government of Cyprus as health minister from 2011 to 2012.
[1] Malas was appointed to the government of Cyprus as Minister of Health in August 2011.
In June 2012, he decided to run as an independent candidate for the 2013 presidential election.
[2][3] In September 2012 he was officially declared as an independent candidate with the backing of AKEL.
Malas ran again as an independent candidate in the 2018 presidential election, regaining the support of AKEL.