{{Short description|Cypriot politician}} {{BLP sources|date=June 2015}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Costas Mavrides | native_name = {{nobold|Κώστας Μαυρίδης}} | native_name_lang = el | honorific_suffix = [[Member of European Parliament|MEP]] | image = MEP Costas Mavrides.jpg | alt = | caption = Official portrait, 2019 | order = | office = [[Member of the European Parliament]] | term_start = 1 July 2014 | alongside = | constituency = [[Cyprus (European Parliament constituency)|Cyprus]] | predecessor = | successor = | majority = | prior_term = | birth_date = {{birth date and age text|27 May 1962}} | birth_place = [[Kato Dikomo]], [[Cyprus]] | death_date = | death_place = | citizenship = | party = [[Democratic Party (Cyprus)|Democratic Party]] | partner = <!--For those with a domestic partner and not married--> | relations = | children = | parents = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = Politician | profession = | known_for = | committees = | portfolio = | awards = <!-- For civilian awards - appears as "Awards" if |mawards= is not set --> | signature = | signature_alt = | website = }}
'''Costas Mavrides''' (born 27 May 1962) is a Cypriot politician, who since 2014, has been a [[Member of the European Parliament]], representing [[Cyprus]]. He is a member of [[Democratic Party (Cyprus)|Democratic Party]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/124691/COSTAS_MAVRIDES_history.html |title=Costas MAVRIDES |publisher=Europarl.europa.eu |access-date=2015-06-21 |archive-date=2015-07-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702001700/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/124691/COSTAS_MAVRIDES_history.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He sits with the [[Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats]] in the European Parliament.
== Early life and education == He was born in [[Kato Dikomo]] in 1962. He studied Economics at [[Rutgers University]], and holds a PhD in Economics from [[University of Houston|Houston University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/124691/COSTAS_MAVRIDES/cv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426075754/https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/124691/COSTAS_MAVRIDES/cv|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-26|title=Curriculum vitae {{!}} Costas MAVRIDES {{!}} MEPs {{!}} European Parliament|date=2020-04-26|access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref>
He worked as an academic from 1995 until 2004, and taught at universities in the USA, Greece and Cyprus.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.philenews.com/european-union/euroekloges-2019/article/709397/aftoi-einai-oi-6-neoi-kyprioi-evroboyleftes|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702002409/http://www.philenews.com/european-union/euroekloges-2019/article/709397/aftoi-einai-oi-6-neoi-kyprioi-evroboyleftes|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-07-02|title=Αυτοί είναι οι 6 νέοι Κύπριοι ευρωβουλευτές|date=2019-07-02|access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref>
==Parliamentary service== *Member, Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs *Member, Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee
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