Former Cyprus President George Vassiliou dies at 94

Former president of the Republic, George Vassiliou died overnight at the age of 94, his family said in a social media post on Wednesday.

Vassiliou had been hospitalised since January 6 in critical condition with a chest infection

Vassiliou was born in Famagusta on May 20, 1931, the son of a doctor who was a member of the Akel central committee and a volunteer with the communists during the civil war in Greece. During this time, the rest of the family settled in Hungary where Vassiliou went to university.