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Archbishop Makarios is elected president and Fazil …
Years: 1959 - 1959
December
Archbishop Makarios is elected president and Fazil Küçük vice president in December 1959; both men can exercise a veto in matters relating to security, defense, and foreign affairs.
Turkish Cypriots, who make up less than one-fifth of the population, are to represent three-tenths of the civil service and two-fifths of the army and to elect three-tenths of the House of Representatives, and a joint Greek and Turkish military headquarters is also to be established.
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- Greece, Kingdom of
- Turkey, Republic of
- Cyprus, British Crown Colony of
- Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
- EOKA (Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston, or Greek National Organisation of Cypriot Fighters)
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Years: 1959 - 1959
December
Locations
People
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- Greece, Kingdom of
- Turkey, Republic of
- Cyprus, British Crown Colony of
- Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
- EOKA (Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston, or Greek National Organisation of Cypriot Fighters)
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Subregions