List of prime ministers of Northern Cyprus

Template:Use dmy dates This is a chronological list of every government formed by the prime ministers of Northern Cyprus.

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
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 1	Rauf Denktaş (1924–2012)	File:Rauf Denktash.jpg	13 February 1975	3 July 1976	National Unity Party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 2	Nejat Konuk (1928–2014)	File:Coat of arms of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.svg	3 July 1976	21 April 1978	National Unity Party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 3	Osman Örek (1925–1999)	File:Coat of arms of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.svg	21 April 1978	12 December 1978	National Unity Party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 4	Mustafa Çağatay (1937–1989)	File:Coat of arms of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.svg	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
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 1	Mustafa Çağatay (1937–1989)	File:Coat of arms of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.svg	15 November 1983	13 December 1983	National Unity Party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 2	Nejat Konuk (1928–2014)	File:Coat of arms of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.svg	13 December 1983	19 July 1985	National Unity Party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 3	Derviş Eroğlu (born 1938)	File:Derviş Eroğlu (cropped).jpg	19 July 1985	1 January 1994	National Unity Party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 4	Hakkı Atun (born 1935)	File:Hakkı Atun.jpg	1 January 1994	16 August 1996	Democratic Party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| (3)	Derviş Eroğlu (born 1938)	File:Derviş Eroğlu (cropped).jpg	16 August 1996	13 January 2004	National Unity Party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 5	Mehmet Ali Talat (born 1952)	File:Mehmet Ali Talat.jpg	13 January 2004	23 April 2005	Republican Turkish Party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| —	Serdar Denktaş (born 1959) Acting Prime Minister	File:Denktash cropped.jpg	23 April 2005	26 April 2005	Democratic Party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 6	Ferdi Sabit Soyer (born 1952)	File:Coat of arms of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.svg	26 April 2005	5 May 2009	Republican Turkish Party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| (3)	Derviş Eroğlu (born 1938)	File:Derviş Eroğlu (cropped).jpg	5 May 2009	23 April 2010	National Unity Party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| —	Hüseyin Özgürgün (born 1965) Acting Prime Minister	File:Hüseyin Özgürgün (cropped).jpg	23 April 2010	17 May 2010	National Unity Party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 7	İrsen Küçük (1940–2019)	File:KKTC Başbakanı İrsen Küçük (12) (6955203999) (cropped 2).jpg	17 May 2010	13 June 2013	National Unity Party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 8	Sibel Siber (born 1960)	File:Sibel Siber (cropped).jpg	13 June 2013	2 September 2013	Republican Turkish Party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 9	Özkan Yorgancıoğlu (born 1954)	File:Özkan Yorgancıoğlu (cropped).jpg	2 September 2013	16 July 2015	Republican Turkish Party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 10	Ömer Kalyoncu (born 1950)	File:Coat of arms of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.svg	16 July 2015	16 April 2016	Republican Turkish Party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 11	Hüseyin Özgürgün (born 1965)	File:Hüseyin Özgürgün (cropped).jpg	16 April 2016	2 February 2018	National Unity Party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 12	Tufan Erhürman (born 1970)	File:Tufan Erhürman (cropped).jpg	2 February 2018	22 May 2019	Republican Turkish Party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 13	Ersin Tatar (born 1960)	File:Ersin Tatar in Konya, July 2022 (cropped).jpg	22 May 2019	23 October 2020	National Unity Party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 14	Ersan Saner (born 1966)	File:Coat of arms of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.svg	9 December 2020	5 November 2021	National Unity Party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 15	Faiz Sucuoğlu (born 1961)	File:Coat of arms of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.svg	5 November 2021	12 May 2022	National Unity Party
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 16	Ünal Üstel (born 1955)	File:KKTC BAŞBAKAN ÜNAL ÜSTEL.jpg	12 May 2022	Incumbent	National Unity Party

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See also

• Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus