Constantina Akkelidou is a Cypriot politician. She was Minister for Health in Cyprus from 1 March 2003 to 26 November 2004.[1]
Akkelidou, a member of the Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL), was a minister under President Tassos Papadopoulos.[2] In 2004 she sent a letter to a judge in Larnaca, requesting that the judge be lenient with a particular defendant, described as a reformed drug addict. Tried in Nicosia District Court, she was found guilty of interfering with the course of justice on 26 November 2004, and resigned her cabinet post.[3] In April 2005 her conviction was overturned by a Supreme Court decision, a decision which led to the resignation of Solon Nikitas as Attorney General. Akkelidou was appointed special advisor to the European Commission for health and consumer protection.[4]
References
edit- ^ Previous Ministers, Council of Ministers. Accessed 31 December 2020.
- ^ Europa Publications (2003). The Europa World Year Book 2003. Taylor & Francis. p. 1356. ISBN 978-1-85743-227-5.
- ^ Cypriot ex-minister fined over letter, tribliv.com, 29 November 2004. Accessed 1 January 2021.
- ^ Attorney General to submit resignation, Financial Mirror, 27 April 2005. Accessed 1 January 2021.
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