List of prime ministers of Northern Cyprus explained

This is a chronological list of every government formed by the prime ministers of Northern Cyprus. A new number is allocated to each new prime minister.

List of prime ministers of Northern Cyprus (1975–present)

Prime ministers of the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus (1975–1983)

This list gives all prime ministers after the founding of the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus, which was intended as an autonomous part of Cyprus, but was rejected by the government of the Republic of Cyprus.

	Name	Portrait	Term of office		Political party
1	Rauf Denktaş		13 February 1975	3 July 1976	National Unity Party
2	Nejat Konuk		3 July 1976	21 April 1978	National Unity Party
3	Osman Örek		21 April 1978	12 December 1978	National Unity Party
4	Mustafa Çağatay		12 December 1978	15 November 1983	National Unity Party

Prime ministers of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (1983–present)

This list gives all prime ministers after Northern Cyprus' unilateral declaration of independence in 1983, which followed after the refusal of the government of the Republic of Cyprus to recognize the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus.

	Name	Portrait	Term of office		Political party
1	Mustafa Çağatay		15 November 1983	13 December 1983	National Unity Party
2	Nejat Konuk		13 December 1983	19 July 1985	National Unity Party
3	Derviş Eroğlu		19 July 1985	1 January 1994	National Unity Party
4	Hakkı Atun		1 January 1994	16 August 1996	Democratic Party
	Derviş Eroğlu		16 August 1996	13 January 2004	National Unity Party
5	Mehmet Ali Talat		13 January 2004	23 April 2005	Republican Turkish Party
—	Serdar Denktaş		23 April 2005	26 April 2005	Democratic Party
6	Ferdi Sabit Soyer		26 April 2005	5 May 2009	Republican Turkish Party
	Derviş Eroğlu		5 May 2009	23 April 2010	National Unity Party
—	Hüseyin Özgürgün		23 April 2010	17 May 2010	National Unity Party
7	İrsen Küçük		17 May 2010	13 June 2013	National Unity Party
8	Sibel Siber		13 June 2013	2 September 2013	Republican Turkish Party
9	Özkan Yorgancıoğlu		2 September 2013	16 July 2015	Republican Turkish Party
10	Ömer Kalyoncu		16 July 2015	16 April 2016	Republican Turkish Party
11	Hüseyin Özgürgün		16 April 2016	2 February 2018	National Unity Party
12	Tufan Erhürman		2 February 2018	22 May 2019	Republican Turkish Party
13	Ersin Tatar		22 May 2019	23 October 2020	National Unity Party
14	Ersan Saner		9 December 2020	5 November 2021	National Unity Party
15	Faiz Sucuoğlu		5 November 2021	12 May 2022	National Unity Party
16	Ünal Üstel		12 May 2022	Incumbent	National Unity Party

Timeline

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from: 15/11/1983 till: 13/12/1983 color:1_party text:"Mustafa Çağatay" from: 13/12/1983 till: 19/07/1985 color:1_party text:"Nejat Konuk" from: 19/07/1985 till: 01/01/1994 color:1_party text:"Derviş Eroğlu" from: 01/01/1994 till: 16/08/1996 color:2_party text:"Hakkı Atun" from: 16/08/1996 till: 13/01/2004 color:1_party text:"Derviş Eroğlu" from: 13/01/2004 till: 23/04/2005 color:3_party text:"Mehmet Ali Talat" from: 23/04/2005 till: 05/05/2009 color:3_party text:"Ferdi Sabit Soyer" from: 05/05/2009 till: 23/04/2010 color:1_party text:"Derviş Eroğlu" from: 23/04/2010 till: 13/06/2013 color:1_party text:"İrsen Küçük" from: 13/06/2013 till: 02/09/2013 color:3_party text:"Sibel Siber" from: 02/09/2013 till: 15/07/2015 color:3_party text:"Özkan Yorgancıoğlu" from: 15/07/2015 till: 16/04/2016 color:3_party text:"Ömer Kalyoncu" from: 16/04/2016 till: 02/02/2018 color:1_party text:"Hüseyin Özgürgün" from: 02/02/2018 till: 22/05/2019 color:3_party text:"Tufan Erhürman" from: 22/05/2019 till: 23/10/2020 color:1_party text:"Ersin Tatar" from: 09/12/2020 till: 05/11/2021 color:1_party text:"Ersan Saner" from: 05/11/2021 till: 12/05/2022 color:1_party text:"Faiz Sucuoğlu" from: 12/05/2022 till: 29/10/2023 color:1_party text:"Ünal Üstel"

See also

• Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus