Famous People with Name Iacov

Iacov Timciuc            Origin/Culture/Country: Ukrainian

Iacov Timciuc: is a politician in Moldova, currently Moldovan minister of local public administration (2009).Iacov Timciuc served as minister of energy (2001-2005), before moving to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and serving as Moldovan ambassador to China (2006) [1] a

Georgios Kyriakou Iacovou            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Georgios Kyriakou Iacovou: is a Cypriot diplomat who is currently the Cypriot Minister of Presidency. Iacovou served as Foreign Minister of Cyprus for two consecutive terms from September 1983 to 1988 and from 1988 to 1993 and for a third term from 2003 to June 2006, which makes him Cyprus' longest serving Foreign Minister. He served as High Commissioner of Cyprus to the United Kingdom. He is also known for his work on the rehabilitation of Greek Cypriot refugees and on persons of Greek origin living in the former Soviet Union. From January 1979 until January 1983 he was Ambassador of the Cyprus Republic to the Federal Republic of Germany with parallel accreditation to Austria and Switzerland and later on he served as Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As Minister of Foreign Affairs, he negotiated Cyprus’ Customs Union Agreement with the then European Economic Community (“EEC”) in 1987 and in 1990 he submitted the application of Cyprus to join the EEC. In 2003 Mr Iacovou signed the Treaty of Accession of Cyprus to the European Union (“EU”).