Famous People with Name Vassos

Vassos Melanarkitis            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Vassos Melanarkitis: is a former international Cypriot football defender.He played only in two teams, Anorthosis Famagusta and Apollon Limassol.

Vassos Lyssarides            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Vassos Lyssarides: is a Cypriot politician who has been a central figure in Cyprus politics since the island's independence. He was born in 1920 in the village of Lefkara. He was educated at the Pancyprian Gymnasium and then studied medicine at the University of Athens. He participated in the London conference in 1959 for the establishment of Cyprus independence and, along with Tassos Papadopoulos, were they only ones to disagree with the Zurich-London Agreements. In 1960 he was elected member of the first parliament of the Cyprus Republic (as a candidate for the Patriotic Front) and since then has been re-elected to all the consecutive parliaments. In 1969, he founded EDEK, the first Socialist political party of Cyprus. He was repeatedly elected president of his party until the year 2002. In 2002, he assumed the title of Honorary President.