Stavros Papadouris has been elected new president of Cyprus’ Green party.

In the elections that took place on Sunday afternoon in the framework of the party’s congress, Papadouris received 71.72 per cent of the votes.

This was the first time the congress was held in a ‘hybrid’ form, with delegates participating either in person or online.

The party’s new statute also came into force, stipulating a minimum 40 per cent participation of either gender in decision making bodies.

Speaking on Monday evening after the announcement of the results, Papadouris said this was “the beginning of what we hope will follow”.

Papadouris said quite a few new people had joined the party over the past 18 months and it was time to go beyond the environment and address the problems that “plague the people on a daily basis”.

Outgoing president of the party Giorgos Perdikis said he would stand by the new leadership, especially in view on the 2026 parliamentary elections.