Prime Minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
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The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus takes place in a framework of a semi-presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President is head of state and the Prime Minister head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Assembly of the Republic. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. The Prime Minister must control a majority of parliament in order to govern.
There have been five prime ministers of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus since 1974. The premiership's precursor was a post known as the "President of the Turkish Cypriot Communal Chamber". The only man to occupy this post was Rauf Denktaş from December 29, 1969 to July 5, 1976. There were three prime ministers before the Northern Cypriot community's UDI.
| Name | Took Office | Left Office | Party | |
| 1 | Mustafa Çagatay | November 15, 1983 | July 19, 1985 | Party of National Unity |
| 2 | Dervis Eroglu, 1st time | July 19, 1985 | January 1, 1994 | Party of National Unity |
| 3 | Hakki Atun | January 1, 1994 | August 16, 1996 | Democratic Party |
| Dervis Eroglu, 2nd time | August 16, 1996 | January 13, 2004 | Party of National Unity | |
| 4 | Mehmet Ali Talat | January 13, 2004 | April 26, 2005 | Republican Türkish Party |
| 5 | Ferdi Sabit Soyer | April 26, 2005 | present | Republican Türkish Party |
