| Derviş Eroğlu | |
| Office: | 3rd President of Northern Cyprus |
| Primeminister: | Hüseyin Özgürgün İrsen Küçük Sibel Siber Özkan Yorgancıoğlu |
| Term Start: | 23 April 2010 |
| Term End: | 30 April 2015 |
| Predecessor: | Mehmet Ali Talat |
| Successor: | Mustafa Akıncı |
| Office1: | Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus |
| President1: | Mehmet Ali Talat |
| Term Start1: | 5 May 2009 |
| Term End1: | 23 April 2010 |
| Predecessor1: | Ferdi Sabit Soyer |
| President2: | Rauf Denktaş |
| Term Start2: | 16 August 1996 |
| Term End2: | 13 January 2004 |
| Predecessor2: | Hakkı Atun |
| Successor2: | Mehmet Ali Talat |
| President3: | Rauf Denktaş |
| Term Start3: | 19 July 1985 |
| Term End3: | 1 January 1994 |
| Predecessor3: | Mustafa Çağatay |
| Successor3: | Hakkı Atun |
| Office4: | Leader of the National Unity Party |
| Predecessor4: | Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu |
| Successor4: | İrsen Küçük |
| Term Start4: | 29 November 2008 |
| Term End4: | 23 April 2010 |
| Predecessor5: | Mustafa Çağatay |
| Successor5: | Hüseyin Özgürgün |
| Term Start5: | 18 December 1983 |
| Term End5: | 11 February 2006 |
| Office6: | Minister of National Education, Training and Cultural Affairs |
| Primeminister6: | Nejat Konuk |
| Term Start6: | 5 July 1976 |
| Term End6: | 10 May 1977 |
| Predecessor6: | office established |
| Successor6: | Orhan Zihni Bilgehan |
| Office7: | Member of the Assembly of Republic |
| Term Start7: | 20 June 1976 |
| Term End7: | 22 April 2010 |
| Constituency7: | Gazimağusa (1976, 1981, 1985, 1990, 1993, 1998, 2003, 2005, 2009) |
| Birth Date: | 7 March 1938 |
| Birth Place: | Famagusta, British Cyprus |
| Party: | National Unity Party |
| Spouse: | Meral Eroğlu |
| Alma Mater: | Istanbul University |
Derviş Eroğlu (born 7 March 1938[1]) is a Turkish Cypriot politician, who served as the president of Northern Cyprus from 2010[2] [3] to 2015. Previously, he was Prime Minister from 1985 to 1994, 1996 to 2004 and again from 2009 to 2010 and twice-leader of the National Unity Party.
He served a term as Prime Minister of nearly 17 years, by this he was the longest serving Prime Minister of the country. He also holds the record of longest serving MP.
Eroğlu was born in Famagusta in 1938. He studied medicine at Istanbul University, graduating in 1963. He later specialised in urology.[4]
Eroğlu entered the Assembly of the Republic of the then-Turkish Federated State of Northern Cyprus in 1976, serving as Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports during 1976–77. He served as member of the de facto Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Constituent Assembly in November 1983.[5] As the leader of the National Unity Party (UBP), he was appointed Prime Minister in four successive governments between 1985 and 1993 (he was opposition leader between 1994 and 1996), and from 1996 until his party lost the general election to the Republican Turkish Party under Mehmet Ali Talat in 2004. Eroğlu's UBP won the majority of seats in the legislative election of 18 April 2009, and Eroğlu became Prime Minister again.[6]
On 21 November 2005, Eroğlu resigned as leader of the UBP, stating that "it was time for younger blood to take control", but was re-elected to the chair in November 2008.[7] Eroğlu was elected to the office of President of Northern Cyprus on 18 April 2010. Because the UN does not recognize the TRNC, it regards Derviş Eroğlu as bona fide negotiator for the Turkish Cypriot community of the Republic of Cyprus.
In the 2015 general elections, he was defeated by Mustafa Akıncı.[8] [9]
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