Cyprus

Population Statistics

1,189,197

Total Population

178,380

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

27 June 2011

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus (1960)

Updated: June 2015

Article 40 states:

A person shall be qualified to be a candidate for election as President Vice-President of the Republic if at the time of election such person…

  • (d) is not suffering from a mental disease incapacitating such person from acting as President or Vice-President of the Republic.

 

Article 64 states:

A person shall be qualified to be a candidate for election as a Representative if at the time of the election that person…

  • (d) is not suffering from a mental disease incapacitating such person from acting as President or Vice-President of the Republic.

 

Excerpts from the Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus (1960)