Career
Ioannou was born in Nicosia, Cyprus in 1914. He succeeded Ploutis Servas in 1945 as the Secretary General of Anorthotiko Komma Ergazomenou Laou (Progressive Party of the Working People), a position he held until 1949. He was the head editor of various Cypriot newspapers and president of the Union of Cyprus Journalists from 1973 to 1979.
