Özkan Yorgancıoğlu
9th prime minister of Northern Cyprus
Özkan Yorgancıoğlu | |
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| Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus | |
| In office 2 September 2013 – 16 July 2015 | |
| President | Derviş Eroğlu Mustafa Akıncı |
| Preceded by | Sibel Siber |
| Succeeded by | Ömer Kalyoncu |
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| Born | (1954-08-01) 1 August 1954 (age 69) Lempa, British Cyprus |
| Political party | Republican Turkish Party |
| Alma mater | Istanbul University |
Özkan Yorgancıoğlu (born 1 August 1954) is a Turkish Cypriot politician who has been Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) between 2 September 2013 and 16 July 2015. He is also the leader of the Republican Turkish Party.
Early life and education
Yorgancıoğlu was born in 1954 in Lempa, a village in Paphos, the westernmost district of Cyprus, which was, at the time, a British crown colony. He studied at Istanbul University's Department of Economics and Public Finance, receiving his degree in political science in 1980.[1]
Political career
On 28 April 2005, Yorgancıoğlu was appointed Minister of Youth and Sports[2] in the cabinet of TRNC Prime Minister (PM) Ferdi Sabit Soyer, who served from April 2005 to May 2009. In 2011, he replaced Soyer as Chairman of the Republican Turkish Party.[3] After his party won the July 2013 legislative election, he became PM, replacing interim PM Sibel Siber on 2 September.[4]
References
- ^ Özkan Yorgancıoğlu biographical details {in Turkish}
- ^ Europa World Year, Book 1, (Taylor & Francis Group, 2004), 1393.
- ^ de Waele, Jean-Michel; Escalona, Fabien; Vieira, Mathieu, eds. (2013). The Palgrave Handbook of Social Democracy in the European Union. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 70.
- ^ "Handover Ceremonies" (Bayrak Radyo Televizyon Kurumu, 2 September 2013)
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| Preceded by | Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus 2013–2015 | Succeeded by |
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