If approved, Kadis will replace Stella Kyriakides, who confirmed last month she won’t be running for a second term. Kyriakides, who has spent the past five years as health commissioner, wished Kadis good luck on social media.
“I wish much success to my friend the proposed commissioner @CostasKadis,” she wrote on X.
Kadis is a biologist focusing on biodiversity and sustainable development and is currently an acting dean at the School of Health Sciences at Frederick University in Cyprus.
Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides informed European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen about his decision last week. EU member countries have to make their commissioner picks by Aug. 30, according to a Commission spokesperson.
Despite von der Leyen’s demand that countries put forward a man and a woman, several countries, including Ireland, the Czech Republic and now Cyprus, have publicly proposed only a man.
The countries that have yet to officially nominate a commissioner are: Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Portugal and Romania.
