Council of Ministers (Northern Cyprus)

The Council of Ministers (Turkish: Bakanlar Kurulu) is the executive branch of the government of the unrecognized state Northern Cyprus, consisting of ministers. The council is chaired by the Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus and the ministers head executive departments of the government. The President of Northern Cyprus reserved the right to chair the Council of Ministers, albeit without voting. The maximum number of ministries, as defined by the constitution, is ten.[1]

The Council of Ministers is appointed by the Prime Minister, and the program of the government needs to be read out in the Assembly of the Republic within a week of the appointment. The cabinet then needs to receive a vote of confidence by the majority of the members of the Assembly. A vote of no confidence can be initiated after three months has elapsed, by nine members of the Assembly.[1]

Cabinet

The current council, Saner cabinet, which replaced the Tatar cabinet is appointed on 9 December 2020 by the president, Ersin Tatar. The cabinet consists of 10 ministers formed by a coalition of the National Unity Party (UBP), the Democratic Party (DP) and the Rebirth Party (YDP). UBP got 7 and DP got 2 ministers while YDP got 1 minister and the Deputy Prime Ministry in the cabinet.

TitleNamePeriod Party
Prime MinisterErsan Saner9 December 2020– UBP
Deputy Prime Minister
Minister of Economy and Energy
Erhan Arıklı9 December 2020– YDP
Minister of National Education and CultureOlgun Amcaoğlu9 December 2020– UBP
Minister of FinanceDursun Oğuz9 December 2020– UBP
Minister of InteriorKutlu Evren9 December 2020– UBP
Minister of Foreign AffairsTahsin Ertuğruloğlu9 December 2020– UBP
Minister of HealthAli Pilli9 December 2020– UBP
Minister of Agriculture and Natural ResourcesNazım Çavuşoğlu9 December 2020– UBP
Minister of Public Works and TransportÜnal Üstel9 December 2020– UBP
Minister of Tourism and EnvironmentFikri Ataoğlu9 December 2020– DP
Minister of Labour and Social SecurityKoral Çağman9 December 2020– DP

See also

Notes

  1. "Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti Anayasası" (in Turkish). Northern Cyprus Law Courts. Retrieved 20 July 2015.


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