President of Northern Cyprus

The president of Northern Cyprus is the head of state of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Rauf Denktaş was the first and founding president of Northern Cyprus, and retired in 2005. His position was taken over by Mehmet Ali Talat, followed by Derviş Eroğlu,[1] then Mustafa Akinci, and the current president, Ersin Tatar.

President of the
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti Cumhurbaşkanı
Presidential Standard
Incumbent
Ersin Tatar
since 23 October 2020
Term length5 years
Inaugural holderRauf Denktaş
Formation15 November 1983
Websitewww.kktcb.org
Northern Cyprus
This article is part of a series on the
politics and government of
Northern Cyprus

The president is elected every five years. Presidential elections are held in two rounds if no candidate gains more than 50% of the votes in the first round. It is necessary that the president is originated from the island of Cyprus. It is also necessary that he/she has lived in the country for five years, has received secondary education and he/she is over 30 years old.[2]

The presidency is not a ceremonial position in the semi-presidential political system of Northern Cyprus. The president reserves the right to dismiss the Assembly of the Republic in case a government cannot be formed within sixty days or three successive governments receive votes of no confidence. They also can preside over the Council of Ministers if they wish to do so, approve the appointments of the judges and president of the Supreme Court and have the right to send laws approved by the Assembly of the Republic to the Supreme Court. The president has also traditionally been the chief negotiator for the resolution of the Cyprus dispute and been responsible for the foreign relations of Northern Cyprus.[3]

The president is represented by the speaker of the Assembly of the Republic when the president is abroad.[2]

The most recent presidential election was held on 11 October 2020. Ersin Tatar is the current president.[4]

List
No. Name
(Birth–Death)		 Portrait Elected Term of office Political origin
1 Rauf Denktaş
(1924–2012)		1985
1990
1995
2000		15 November 198324 April 2005National Unity Party
2 Mehmet Ali Talat
(born 1952)		200524 April 200523 April 2010Republican Turkish Party
3 Derviş Eroğlu
(born 1938)		201023 April 201030 April 2015National Unity Party
4 Mustafa Akıncı
(born 1947)		201530 April 2015[5]23 October 2020Independent
5 Ersin Tatar
(born 1960)		202023 October 2020IncumbentNational Unity Party

Latest election
Main article: 2020 Northern Cyprus presidential election
CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Ersin TatarNational Unity Party35,82532.3567,32251.69
Mustafa AkıncıIndependent33,05329.8462,91048.31
Tufan ErhürmanRepublican Turkish Party24,00821.68
Kudret ÖzersayIndependent6,3565.74
Erhan ArıklıRebirth Party5,9375.36
Serdar DenktaşIndependent4,6534.20
Fuat Türköz ÇinerNationalist Democracy Party3270.30
Arif Salih KırdağIndependent2820.25
Alpan UzIndependent1560.14
Ahmet BoranIndependent830.07
Mustafa UlaşIndependent690.06
Total110,749100.00130,232100.00
Valid votes110,74995.66130,23297.24
Invalid/blank votes5,0274.343,6992.76
Total votes115,776100.00133,931100.00
Registered voters/turnout198,86758.22199,02967.29
Source: Kibris Online, Kibris Online

See also

References
  1. Northern Cyprus's new president: Enter Eroglu (The Economist) Retrieved on 2011-06-01.
  2. "KKTC hakkında, Cumhubaşkanı (About the TRNC, the President)". TRNC Department of Promotion. Retrieved 2011-04-21.
  3. "KKTC Devleti Fonksiyonel - Kurumsal Gözden Geçirme Çalışması" (PDF) (in Turkish). The Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  4. Ersin Tatar elected new Turkish Cypriot leader
  5. "New Turkish Cypriot leader determined to work with Turkey". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 19 October 2020.


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