Pavlos Pavlakis

He saw the light of life in Ardana¹, Famagusta on November 10, 1930.

A patriotic man, creative and very progressive. At the call of the homeland for the liberation struggle of 1955-59 he declared a thunderous presence. Together with his brother friends Antonis Papadopoulos and Grigoris Afxentiou, they were among the first to be sworn in.

Pavlos Pavlakis under the pseudonym "MELAS" served as the head of the Famagusta department and carried out many missions.

On December 23, 1955, he was arrested by the British together with Antonis Papadopoulos inside the building of Anorthosis. He was first taken to the Kokkinotrimithia² detention center and then to the Pyla detention center, from which he escaped with Antonis Papadopoulos in September 1956. After his escape, he resumed his duties as head of Famagusta until the end of the liberation struggle.

He passed away 5th of May 2022.

Source from: Famagusta News