BPresident · 2020 – 2025Partially recognized
Ersin Tatar
The fifth president of Northern Cyprus (b. 1960), an advocate of a two-state solution.
An economist and former leader of the National Unity Party, Ersin Tatar was prime minister in 2019–2020.
Elected president in October 2020, he advocated a two-sovereign-state model for resolving the Cyprus problem, and lost the 2025 election to Tufan Erhürman.
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Updated: October 4, 2026