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Makarios III
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Ma·kar·i·os III  (m-kr-s, -s, mä-kär-ôs) Originally Mikhail Khristodolou Mouskos. 1913-1977.
Cypriot prelate and politician. Bishop of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus (1950-1977), he supported the political unification of Cyprus and Greece and was the first president of independent Cyprus (1959-1977).
Makarios III [məˈkɑːrɪˌɒs]
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(Biographies / Makarios III (1913-1977) M, Cypriot, RELIGION: archbishop, MISC: patriarch, POLITICS: statesman, POLITICS: head of state) original name Mikhail Christodoulou Mouskos. 1913-77, Cypriot archbishop, patriarch, and statesman; first president of the republic of Cyprus (1960-74; 1974-77)
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Noun1.Makarios III - Greek Orthodox bishop and archbishop of Cyprus and the first president of independent Cyprus (1913-1977)
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It was badly damaged during a Greek-engineered 1974 coup to oust then president Archbishop Makarios and restored several years later, although bullet holes on exterior walls were left untouched.
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