H.E. Mr. Demetrios Theophylactou

High Commissioner Demetrios A. Theophylactou was born in Nicosia, Cyprus in May 1958. He was trained in University of Oxford, Harvard University and Washington State University, and possesses a B.A. and a M.A. degrees in Communication, and a Ph.D. in International Relations, Comparative Politics and Political Economy.

Mr Theophylactou started his career as an Editor in 1982, and worked for both Cyprus and international media until 1990, including the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation and CNN. He joined the Diplomatic Service of Cyprus as the Press Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Cyprus to the United Nations in New York from 1994 to 2001. Between 2001 and 2002, he served as Press Counsellor at the High Commission of Cyprus to Australia. In 2004, he moved on to the Permanent Representation of Cyprus to the European Union in Brussels. Between 2009 and 2012, he served at the headquarters of the Minitry of Foreign Affairs as Department Head of Development Cooperation, Humanitarian Assistance and International Economic Organisations of the Division of European Affairs and Political Affairs respectively. In 2013, he became the Deputy Political and Security Committee Representative of the Civilian Management Committee of the Permanent Representation of Cyprus to the EU. In March 2015, Mr Theophylactou became the High Commissioner of Cyprus to India, accredited to Bangladeshm Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar and Viet Nam.

Apart from his diplomatic service, Mr Theophylactou also lectured and published widely on international relations and diplomacy.