Former justice minister Nicos Papaioannou died on Tuesday at the age of 79 .
Born in Larnaca in 1947, he served on the ports authority’s board of directors between 1982 and 1988, before being named as chairman of the town planning council in 1989.
President of the day George Vassiliou named him as his justice minister during his 1990 reshuffle, and he remained in post until Vassiliou’s government was succeeded
