List of prime ministers of Northern Cyprus

This is a chronological list of every government formed by the prime ministers of Northern Cyprus.^[1]

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.

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Term of office		Political party
1	Rauf Denktaş (1924–2012)		13 February 1975	3 July 1976	National Unity Party
2	Nejat Konuk (1928–2014)		3 July 1976	21 April 1978	National Unity Party
3	Osman Örek (1925–1999)		21 April 1978	12 December 1978	National Unity Party
4	Mustafa Çağatay (1937–1989)		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.

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Term of office		Political party
1	Mustafa Çağatay (1937–1989)		15 November 1983	13 December 1983	National Unity Party
2	Nejat Konuk (1928–2014)		13 December 1983	19 July 1985	National Unity Party
3	Derviş Eroğlu (born 1938)		19 July 1985	1 January 1994	National Unity Party
4	Hakkı Atun (born 1935)		1 January 1994	16 August 1996	Democratic Party
(3)	Derviş Eroğlu (born 1938)		16 August 1996	13 January 2004	National Unity Party
5	Mehmet Ali Talat (born 1952)		13 January 2004	23 April 2005	Republican Turkish Party
—	Serdar Denktaş (born 1959) Acting Prime Minister		23 April 2005	26 April 2005	Democratic Party
6	Ferdi Sabit Soyer (born 1952)		26 April 2005	5 May 2009	Republican Turkish Party
(3)	Derviş Eroğlu (born 1938)		5 May 2009	23 April 2010	National Unity Party
—	Hüseyin Özgürgün (born 1965) Acting Prime Minister		23 April 2010	17 May 2010	National Unity Party
7	İrsen Küçük (1940–2019)		17 May 2010	13 June 2013	National Unity Party
8	Sibel Siber (born 1960)		13 June 2013	2 September 2013	Republican Turkish Party
9	Özkan Yorgancıoğlu (born 1954)		2 September 2013	16 July 2015	Republican Turkish Party
10	Ömer Kalyoncu (born 1950)		16 July 2015	16 April 2016	Republican Turkish Party
11	Hüseyin Özgürgün (born 1965)		16 April 2016	2 February 2018	National Unity Party
12	Tufan Erhürman (born 1970)		2 February 2018	22 May 2019	Republican Turkish Party
13	Ersin Tatar (born 1960)		22 May 2019	23 October 2020	National Unity Party
14	Ersan Saner (born 1966)		9 December 2020	5 November 2021	National Unity Party
15	Faiz Sucuoğlu (born 1961)		5 November 2021	12 May 2022	National Unity Party
16	Ünal Üstel (born 1955)		12 May 2022	Incumbent	National Unity Party

Timeline

See also

• Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus