Close colleague of former president Glafcos Clerides and director of his presidential office Pantelis Kouros died on Saturday, aged 89.

Condolence messages and donations in his memory can be made here: https://ourbeloved.cy/entries/161 for the Cyprus Association of Cancer Patients and Friends (PASYKAF) and for the Cyprus anti-cancer society, Arodafnousa.

Kouros was born in Nicosia on December 10, 1932.

He studied at the Pancyprian gymnasium before earning degrees in public relations and business administration.

He was always a close political ally of Clerides and together they formed the Eniaion Party.

When Clerides assumed the responsibilities of president in July 1974, Kouros was named as a presidential advisor. With the formation of Disy in 1976 he became the director of the political office of the party leader (Clerides).

He served as deputy minster under the president for Clerides two terms, from 1993 to 2003.

In a Twitter post on Sunday, President Nicos Anastasiades expressed his condolences to Kouros’ family.

In the post, he said his beloved friend and collaborator Pantelis Kouros was a man with a rare ethos, a rationalist, with genuine courtesy.

“He served his country for decades with exemplary dignity. He wrote his own story next to that of Glafcos Clerides,” Anastasiades wrote.

Disy leader Averof Neophytou described himself as Kouros’ political son. “I admired your calm power,” he wrote on Twitter.

Kouros’ funeral will be held on Tuesday at the Constantinos and Eleni church in Pallouriotissa. Instead of wreathes the family has asked for donations to Pasykaf and the Anticancer Society.

Condolence messages and donations in his memory can be made here: https://ourbeloved.cy/entries/161 for the Cyprus Association of Cancer Patients and Friends (PASYKAF) and for the Cyprus anti-cancer society, Arodafnousa.

He leaves behind a wife, a son and a daughter in addition to one grandchild.