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'''Yiannakis Matsis''' ([[Greek language|Greek]] Γιαννάκης Μάτσης) is a [[Cypriot]] businessman, politician and former [[EOKA]] freedom fighter.

Matsis was born in [[1933]], in Palaiochori, the younger brother of [[Kyriakos Matsis]] - an [[EOKA]] hero.
Yiannakis himself took part in the [[EOKA]] struggle and was held by the British authorities in [[Kokkinotrimithia]] prison. After independence was achieved in [[1960]], Matsis was elected to the Greek Communal Congress. He was a founding member of the [[Democratic Rally]] (DISY) party and was elected four times to the [[House of Representatives]] under its banner.

Between [[1993]] and [[1997]], Matsis served as DISY president. Later, he founded the [[For Europe (Cyprus)|For Europe]] party.

On [[March 12]], [[2011]], Matsis was arrested by the Turkish military authorities for entering the occupied city of [[Ammochostos]] as part of a delegation of Cypriots and members of the European parliament who were investigating the destruction of ecclesiastical property in the Turkish-occupied north of [[Cyprus]]. He was released after being fined €90.

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 '''Yiannakis Matsis''' ([[Greek language|Greek]] Γιαννάκης Μάτσης) is a [[Cypriot]] businessman, politician and former [[EOKA]] freedom fighter.
-Matsis was born in [[1933]], in Palaiochori, the younger brother of [[Kyriakos Matsis]] - an [[EOKA]] hero.
+Matsis was born in [[1933]], in Palaiochori, [[Lefkosia province]], the younger brother of [[Kyriakos Matsis]] - an [[EOKA]] hero.
 Yiannakis himself took part in the [[EOKA]] struggle and was held by the British authorities in [[Kokkinotrimithia]] prison. After independence was achieved in [[1960]], Matsis was elected to the Greek Communal Congress. He was a founding member of the [[Democratic Rally]] (DISY) party and was elected four times to the [[House of Representatives of Cyprus]] under its banner.

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 Matsis was born in [[1933]], in Palaiochori, the younger brother of [[Kyriakos Matsis]] - an [[EOKA]] hero.
-Yiannakis himself took part in the [[EOKA]] struggle and was held by the British authorities in [[Kokkinotrimithia]] prison. After independence was achieved in [[1960]], Matsis was elected to the Greek Communal Congress. He was a founding member of the [[Democratic Rally]] (DISY) party and was elected four times to the [[House of Representatives]] under its banner.
+Yiannakis himself took part in the [[EOKA]] struggle and was held by the British authorities in [[Kokkinotrimithia]] prison. After independence was achieved in [[1960]], Matsis was elected to the Greek Communal Congress. He was a founding member of the [[Democratic Rally]] (DISY) party and was elected four times to the [[House of Representatives of Cyprus]] under its banner.
 Between [[1993]] and [[1997]], Matsis served as DISY president. Later, he founded the [[For Europe (Cyprus)|For Europe]] party.