In May 2011, after having served as Minister of Communications and Works from 2008-2010, he was elected Member of the Parliament with the Cyprus Social Democratic Movement. From May 2016 until May 2017, he served as the Chairman of the Committee of Institutions, Merit, and the Commissioner for Administration (Ombudsman). As an MP he participated in the Cyprus Delegation at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, where he was a member of the Committee of Legal Affairs and Human Rights, and the Committee of Culture, Science, Education and Media. In June 2013 he was elected as the Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Culture, Diversity and Heritage. On December 18, 2016, he was elected Mayor of Limassol.