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**Government of Glaukos Clerides 1993-1998**

**Background**
The Government of Glaukos Clerides was the 8th government of Cyprus, emerging after the 1993 presidential election. Glaukos Clerides was elected President of the Republic of Cyprus with 50.31% of the vote, succeeding the Government of George Vassiliou in 1988. Clerides had the support of DISY (Dimokratikos Synagermos) in the first round and also received backing from DIKO (Dimokratiko Komma) in the second round.

**Composition**
The composition of the government was announced on 25 February 1993, with eleven ministers. Six ministers came from DISY, while five were from DEKOS (Democratic Alarm Party). The installation ceremony took place on 28 February 1993 at an extraordinary session of the House of Representatives, where Clerides and his ministers gave their assurance.

**Composition Schedule**

### Original Composition

| Minister | Party |
| --- | --- |
| [List of original ministers] | DISY (6) / DEKOS (5) |

Note: The original composition table is not provided in the source snippets. However, based on the information given, we can infer that six ministers came from DISY and five from DEKOS.

### Changes

There were no changes mentioned in the source snippets regarding the composition of the government.

**Ministers**

The Cabinet included politicians from DISY and DIKO. The following ministers served under Glaukos Clerides:

* [List of ministers, including their names and parties]

**Term**
The Government of Glaukos Clerides remained in office from 28 February 1993 to 28 February 1998, when it was replaced by the cabinet Glafkos Clerides II.