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 |
Personal details | |
Born | Lempa, British Cyprus | 1 August 1954
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.
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]
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]
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 |
Personal details | |
Born | Lempa, British Cyprus | 1 August 1954
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.
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]
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]