Marina Nikolaou

Early life and career Nikolaou was born in Limassol, Cyprus, and raised in Pelendri. She studied political science at the University of Cyprus and underwent postgraduate studies in communications, media, & journalism at Frederick University.

She became involved in politics from a young age as a member of PEOM, a leftist student organization; EDON, the youth wing of AKEL; and the Progressive Movement of Students. and is a member of the party's Central Committee. She has represented EDON and AKEL at various international conferences. Her work focused on engaging with the Committee on Culture and Education and the Committee on Regional Development, as well as the European Parliament delegation to Palestine and the delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly for the Mediterranean.

House of Representatives of Cyprus (2021–present) Nikolaou was elected to the House of Representatives in the June 2021 legislative election, and one of eight women in parliament.

During her tenure, she has served as deputy chair of the House Standing Committee on Internal Affairs and as a member of the Committee on Foreign and European Affairs, the Committee on Health Affairs, and the Committee on the Environment. She is also a member of the Cypriot delegation to the Conference of Parliamentary Committees for Union Affairs of Parliaments to the European Union (COSAC).

In October 2025, Nikolaou signed a joint statement with more than eighty other European parliamentarians condemning Israel's interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla and the detention of the convoy's volunteers. In March 2026, following drone strikes on RAF Akrotiri, she accused President Nikos Christodoulides of "leading a spineless foreign policy."