What was Makarios III's birth name?
Michael Mouskos
Andreas Papandreou
Dimitrios Christodoulou
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Makarios III, born with the name Michael Mouskos, served as the first president of Cyprus from 1960 until his passing in 1977. Prior to his political career, he held the position of Archbishop and Ethnarch of the Autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church of Cyprus. Mouskos actively participated in the struggle for Cypriot independence from British rule, eventually leading to the establishment of the Republic of Cyprus.
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