Frances Lanitou

Frances-Galatia Lanitou Williams
Lanitou in 2024
Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to the People’s Republic of China
Assumed office
12 December 2024
PresidentNikos Christodoulides
Preceded byMartha Mavrommati
Personal details
Alma materNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Columbia University
University of Geneva
University of Cambridge
HEC Paris

Frances-Galatia Lanitou Williams is a Cypriot diplomat. She has served as Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to countries including Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Hungary, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Moldova and the Netherlands. She has also served as a Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and as the Ambassador of Development and Cooperation during the Cypriot Presidency of the European Union Council.