Cyrus Pipen (20/3/1904 - 18/8/1979) was a Pharonian politician who served as Prime Minister of SPR (1954-1975) and was the last President of the Joint Council in 1975 before the declaration of Independence. Pipen was born in Scopus,SPR and was educated at Gilbey's ABC University getting a BA in English Literature. He then studied Law in the USA and received a Ph.D. from Harvard in 1931. He remained there as a researcher until 1936, when he came back to SPR as a professor at ABC University. In 1946 he was offered a place in Ton Anax's government as Minister of Justice. In 1954 he was voted to be the SA party President, getting an absolute majority in the SPR local elections and becoming Prime Minister. He stayed in office for more than 20 years, until the formation of the Federal Republic in 1975. He died of leukemia in 1979.
CYRUS PIPEN
