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The Permanent Secretary - Marios Panayides

Marios Panagidis, as of December 1st, 2025, has assumed the duties of Director General at the Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth. He previously served as Director General at the Ministry of Energy, Commerce and Industry (from 1 September 2020 to 30 November 2025) and as Director General at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Youth (from 15 October 2019 to 31 August 2020). He also served as District Officer at the Nicosia District Administration of the Ministry of the Interior (from 23 March 2015 to 14 October 2019), Deputy District Officer at the Nicosia District Administration (from 1 September 2013 to 22 March 2015), and Deputy District Officer at the Kyrenia District Administration (from 1 September 2013 to 2 March 2015).

He is a member of the board of Directors in many public benefit organizations and he has represented the Republic of Cyprus in European and International Committees, such as the Standing Committee for Construction, the European Committee of Competent Market Surveillance Authorities of Construction Products, the Consortium of European Building Control, the Steering Committee for Education Policy and Practice (Council of Europe) and the High Level Group on Education and Training.

He holds a Bachelor’s and a Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering (Structural Engineering), from the National Technical University of Athens. He has also obtained a Master’s degree in Public Administration from the Cyprus International Institute of Management.Since October 2015, he is a PhD candidate in the School of Engineering and Technology, Department of Civil Engineering and Geoinformatics, of the Cyprus University of Technology.


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