List of Cypriot governments explained

This article lists the successive Cypriot governments from the independence of Cyprus in 1960 to the present day.

Governments

President!Governing Parties!Opposition Leader!!Key Event(s)

	First Makarios Government	Archbishop Makarios III(1913–1977)		Patriotic Front^[1]	Ezekias Papaioannou		London and Zürich Agreements. Cyprus' admission as a member state of Commonwealth of Nations. Cypriot intercommunal violence. Formation of UNFICYP. Battle of Tillyria .
	Second Makarios Government			Patriotic Front AKEL^[2]	Odysseus Ioannidis		EOKA B against Makarios. 1972–1973 Cypriot ecclesiastical coup attempt. 1974 Cypriot coup d'état.
	Samspon caretaker Government	Nikos Samson(1935–2001)		Progressive Front	No opposition		First Turkish invasion.
	Clerides caretaker Government	Glafcos Clerides(1919–2013)		Eniaion			Second Turkish invasion.
	Third Makarios Government	Archbishop Makarios III(1913–1977)		Patriotic Front AKEL			De facto independence of TFSC. Makarios-Denktaş Agreement.
	First Kyprianou Government	Spyros Kyprianou(1932–2002)		DIKO			Kyprianou-Denktaş Agreement.
	Second Kyprianou Government			DIKO AKEL	Glafcos Clerides		Rename of TFSC to TRNC.
	Vassiliou Government	George Vassiliou(born 1931)		AKEL
	First Clerides Government	Glafcos Clerides(1919–2013)		DISY	Demetris Christofias		Cypriot S-300 crisis. Clerides-Denktaş Agreement.
	Second Clerides Government
	Papadopoulos Government	Tassos Papadopoulos(1934–2008)		DIKO AKEL EDEK KOSP^[3]	Nicos Anastasiades		Opening of the first crossing point of the Green Line. 2004 Annan Plan referendums. Cyprus accession in the EU.
	Christofias Government	Demetris Christofias(1946–2019)		AKEL			Naval Base Explosion in Mari. 2008–2012 Cyprus talks. Aphrodite gas field discovery. Cypriot Presidency of the Council of the EU. 2012 Cyprus terrorist plot. 2012–2013 Cypriot financial crisis.
	First Anastasiades Government	Nicos Anastasiades(born 1946)		DISY DIKO (until 2014) EVROKO (until 2016)	Andros Kyprianou (2013-2021) Stefanos Stefanou (2021-2023)		Banking bail-out. Closure of Cyprus Popular Bank. Closure of Cyprus Airways. Closure of Cyprus Cooperative Bank. 2015–2017 Cyprus talks.
	Second Anastasiades Government			DISY			GeSY implementation. Minimum Wage implementation. COVID-19 Pandemic. EU Sanctions against Russia. Pandora papers scandal. Cyprus Confidential scandal.
present	Christodoulides Government	Nikos Christodoulides(born 1973)		DIKO EDEK DIPA	Annita Demetriou		Amalthea Initiative

Timeline

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References

1. Web site: Ιστορικό εκλογών 1960-1973 BBC Greek . 2024-07-01 . www.bbc.co.uk.
2. Web site: Solutions . BDigital Web . Οι προεδρικές εκλογές από το 1959 ώς το 2018 . 2024-07-01 . Kathimerini.com.cy . el.
3. Web site: 2019-06-25 . Ιστορία των Προεδρικών Εκλογών News . 2024-07-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190625203644/http://www.sigmalive.com/ekloges2013/electionnews/18522/istoria-ton-proedrikon-eklogon . 2019-06-25 .