{"id":4234,"date":"2026-02-18T11:52:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T09:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realestate.imhbusiness.com\/?post_type=people&#038;p=4234"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:57:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T10:57:12","slug":"yiannis-armeftis","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/realestate.imhbusiness.com\/el\/people\/yiannis-armeftis\/","title":{"rendered":"Yiannis Armeftis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"col-md-7\">\n<div class=\"portfolio-post-content\">\n<p>Yiannis Armeftis was born in 1971 and raised in Limassol. He studied Architecture at the Polytechnic School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, graduating in 1994. The following year, he established his own architectural practice, which developed into\u00a0<strong>Armeftis and Associates<\/strong>\u00a0in 2004 and was renamed<strong>\u00a0Armeftis and Partners<\/strong>\u00a0in 2019. In 2007, he received the\u00a0<strong>State Architecture Award for Young Architect.<\/strong>\u00a0His firm has won numerous architectural competitions, and has represented Cyprus in the\u00a0<strong>EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture \u2013 Mies van der Rohe Award.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He is a member of the\u00a0<strong>Cyprus Scientific and Technical Chamber (ETEK)<\/strong>\u00a0and the\u00a0<strong>Cyprus Architects Association.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From 2007 to 2016, Mr. Armeftis served on the\u00a0<strong>Limassol Municipal Council<\/strong>\u00a0during the mayoral term of Andreas Christou. He held key leadership roles, including Chairman of the\u00a0<strong>Development and Tourism Committee,<\/strong>\u00a0Head of the\u00a0<strong>Municipal Group of the Democratic Party<\/strong>\u00a0(DIKO) (2012\u20132016), and Representative of the\u00a0<strong>Union of Municipalities<\/strong>\u00a0on the\u00a0<strong>Town Planning Exceptions Board<\/strong>\u00a0(2015\u20132017).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<p>In 2014, he established the\u00a0<strong>Andreas Armeftis Foundation for the Study of Democracy<\/strong>, a scientific non-profit organisation that promotes democratic values, civic dialogue, and social conciliation. From 2018 to 2024, he served as\u00a0<strong>President of the Pancyprian Organization of Relatives of Fallen Resistance Fighters<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0<strong>July 2024<\/strong>, Yiannis Armeftis was elected\u00a0<strong>Mayor of Limassol<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":4235,"menu_order":4,"template":"","categories":[49],"class_list":["post-4234","people","type-people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-estate"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/realestate.imhbusiness.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people\/4234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/realestate.imhbusiness.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/realestate.imhbusiness.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/people"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realestate.imhbusiness.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/realestate.imhbusiness.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realestate.imhbusiness.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}