Marios Matsakis

Marios Matsakis is a Greek-Cypriot doctor, coroner, forensic pathologist, and politician who served as Member of the European Parliament and Member of the House of Representatives for the Democratic Party. In the European Parliament, he sat with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. He became involved in politics in the mid-1990s, and announced on 29 December 2007 that he would run for president in the 2008 Cypriot presidential elections. He gained 0.77% of the national vote, coming fourth behind the three main candidates.