Today, 66 years ago, on February 16, 1959 (Calendar 9 January 1959) Macario was elected as the first president of Cyprus. Macario on February 16, 1959, Greece and the Turkish government in Cyprus after several consecutive years of upheaval of unrest, meeting in Zurich discussed the future of the island, and agreed on this point in Cyprus independence. According to the planned arrangement, the British government will retain a sovereign military base on the island, but will establish a joint administrative authority of the Greek nation with the Turkish nation to govern this new country. The provisions of the Constitution stipulate the establishment of a Greek president and a Turkish vice president, excluding Greece from reunification. Even if the British government is united with Greece is the goal of the Catholic "and Euka"