Meet our Speakers: Erato Kozakou Marcoullis

🕊️ We are proud to announce our first confirmed keynote speaker - a tireless advocate for Peace and Human Rights 👇🏽

🎙️ Dr. Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis is a former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Communications and Works of the Republic of Cyprus. A career diplomat at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1980 to 2007, she served in the Permanent Mission of Cyprus to the United Nations and held several senior diplomatic and administrative positions. She was Ambassador of Cyprus to the United States, with additional accreditation to several countries and international organisations. Throughout her diplomatic career, she represented Cyprus in numerous international forums, including the United Nations, the European Union, the Council of Europe, the OSCE and the Commonwealth.

Between her ministerial appointments, Dr. Kozakou-Marcoullis led the Working Group on Property in the context of efforts to resolve the Cyprus Problem and served as Minister of Communications and Works in 2010. She holds a degree in Law and Public Law and Political Science from the University of Athens and a PhD in Sociology and Political Science from the University of Helsinki. She has published extensively on the Cyprus Problem, the United Nations, European affairs, foreign policy, cultural diplomacy and gender equality.