Praxoula Antoniadou

Praxoula Antoniadou Kyriacou is a Cypriot politician, Central banker, an economist and businesswoman. She was a minister and the leader of a political party.

Praxoula Antoniadou Kyriacou is a graduate of The London School of Economics and Political Science. She carries with her 24 years of professional experience at the Central Bank of Cyprus, where she also served as coordinator of the accession negotiations with the European Union. Praxoula Antoniadou Kyriacou also served as Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism of the Republic of Cyprus between 2011-2012 and oversaw the first discovery of natural gas in the exclusive economic zone of Cyprus -December 2011, at Aphrodite, Block 12. She moved into active political life in 2006, in an effort to contribute to the reunification of Cyprus. She is leading the United Democrats, a strongly pro-solution party which is a member of the European political family of the European Liberal Democrats -ALDEParty. She has been one of the co-authors of the trilogy of the Day After studies, conducted by three women economists in a bicommunal context, on the economic benefits of a solution reunifying Cyprus. She is a member of the steering committee of the Cyprus Bicommunal Women Coalition working for an urgent solution of the Cyprus problem within the framework provided by United Nations Resolutions and also for the active, substantial participation of women in the negotiating process.