Nikolas Papadopoulos

Nikolas Papadopoulos (; born 22 April 1973) is a Greek Cypriot lawyer and politician. He has been Member of Parliament for Nicosia since 2006 and leader of centrist DIKO party since 2013. Papadopoulos chairs the parliamentary committee on Finance and Budget. He is the son of President Tassos Papadopoulos and First Lady Fotini Papadopoulos.

Family and education Papadopoulos was born in Nicosia in 1973, the son of lawyer, politician and future president Tassos Papadopoulos and his wife Fotini. He studied law at University College London and was called to the bar at Inner Temple. During his time in London, he served as president of EFEK, the Cypriot students' federation in Britain.

Papadapoulos is married and has three daughters and one son. In addition to Greek, he speaks English. He was re-elected in 2011. He is the chairperson of the Committee on Finance and Budget as of 2019. He disagreed with him voting yes to the Annan Plan, when the party's position at the time was no, and said that he was opposite of many of the positions of DIKO. He also disagreed with having Stavros Malas as president, who he said had the same positions as Anastasiades but was also supported by AKEL, which he accused of destroying the country. However, just a few months later in December, Padapoulos replaced Marios Garoyian as president of DIKO.