HE Mr Alexandros Zenon

Career: Cypriot diplomat; attaché Cyprus Problem Div Miny of Foreign Affrs 1979-81, Office of the Min of Foreign Affrs 1981-82, 1 sec Rome 1982-89, dep head Cyprus Delegation Vienna 1989, cnsllr Political Affrs Div Miny of Foreign Affrs 1989-91, 1 cnsllr Paris 1991-96, ambass to The Netherlands 1996-2000, ambass to Italy, Switzerland, Malta and San Marino 2000-05; Miny of Foreign Affrs: dir EU and European countries 2005-06, acting perm sec 2006-07, perm sec 2007, high cmmr to the Ct of St James's 2008-; memb: ad hoc Ctee of Experts on Rgnl and Minority Languages in Europe Cncl of Europe Strasbourg 1990-93, Ctee of Government Experts for the 1954 Hague Convention on the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict Paris 1995-98, Admin Cncl Perm Ct of Arbitration The Hague 1996-2000; perm rep Orgn for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons The Hague 1997-2000; Companion of the Nat Order of Merit of the Repub of Malta 2002, Order of the Repub Malta 2005, Cdr Order of Merit Hellenic Repub 2005, Grande Ufficiale Order of Merit Italy 2006, Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Star Austria 2007, Grande Ufficiale Order of Sant'Agata Repub of San Marino 2009 (Cdr 1989)

Books and Publications: The Historical Evolution of the Athenian Parliament (1973), The Historical Evolution of the British Commonwealth (1974), Relations of Turkey with the Arab States (1979), American Military Facilities in Turkey (1980), Intercommunal Relations in Cyprus Between 1960-63 and the Attempt to Amend the Constitution (1994)