H.E. Evagoras Vryonides, born in Pafos, Cyprus, has received his degree in Masters in Business Administration in 1992 from Fairleigh Dickinson University, in New Jersey, United States. His career started in 1996 as the Protocol officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus. From the years 1997 to 2006, he served as the First Secretary, Consul and Consul General overseas in Mexico, Portugal and Canada, respectively. Between 2006 to 2009, he served as the Program Manager of the Visa Information System in his home country, Cyprus. He was then assigned overseas as the Ambassador to Ukraine and Mexico from the years 2009 to 2017. Back to Cyprus in 2017, he headed the Schengen Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was also in charge of the Internal Security Fund of the European Union till 2019. From 2019 to 2020 he was the Director of the Legal and Administration Department at the Union for the Mediterranean Secretariat in Barcelona, Spain. Before his arrival to India, His Excellency was assigned to Brazil as the Ambassador, between 2020 and 2023. Currently, he is the High Commissioner of the Republic of Cyprus to India with parallel accreditation to Bangladesh, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, with Residence in Delhi with his spouse and three children.
