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Revision as of 21:21, 15 April 2016

President of the
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Presidential Standard
since 30 April 2015
Term lengthFive years, renewable once
Inaugural holderRauf Denktaş
Formation15 November 1983
Websitewww.kktcb.org

The President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is the head of state of the TRNC. Rauf Denktaş was the first and founder president of TRNC, and retired in 2005. His position was taken over by Mehmet Ali Talat, followed by Derviş Eroğlu.[1] Mustafa Akıncı has replaced Derviş Eroğlu as president.

In the Turkish Republic 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 Republican Assembly in case a government cannot be formed within sixty days or three successive governments receive votes of no confidence. He or she also can preside over the Council of Ministers if he or she wishes to do so, approves the appointments of the judges and president of the Supreme Court and has 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]

List

Name
(Birth–Death)
Picture Took Office Left Office Political origin
1 Rauf Denktaş
(1924–2012)
15 November 1983 24 April 2005 National Unity Party
2 Mehmet Ali Talat
(1952–)
File:Talat.jpg 24 April 2005 23 April 2010 Republican Turkish Party
3 Derviş Eroğlu
(1938–)
File:Dervis eroglu.jpeg 23 April 2010 30 April 2015 National Unity Party
4 Mustafa Akıncı
(1947–)
30 April 2015 Incumbent Communal Democracy Party

Latest election

Results of the 2015 presidential election:

Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Mustafa Akıncı Independent 29,030 26.94 67,035 60.50
Derviş Eroğlu Independent 30,328 28.15 43,764 39.50
Sibel Siber Republican Turkish Party 24,271 22.53
Kudret Özersay Independent 22,895 21.25
Arif Salih Kırdağ Independent 530 0.49
Mustafa Onurer Cyprus Socialist Party 428 0.40
Mustafa Ulaş Independent 259 0.24
Invalid/blank votes 2,562 2,679
Total 110,303 100 110,799 100
Registered voters/turnout 176,916 62.35 176,980 64.12
Source: High Election Committee - first round, run-off

See also

References

  1. ^ Northern Cyprus's new president: Enter Eroglu (The Economist) Retrieved on 2011-06-01.
  2. ^ a b "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.