BPresident · 2025 –Partially recognized
Tufan Erhürman
The sixth president of Northern Cyprus (b. 1970), a legal scholar elected in October 2025.
A scholar of public law, Tufan Erhürman worked at Türkiye's Ministry of Justice and took part in the Cyprus negotiations in 2008–2010. He led the Republican Turkish Party in 2016–2025 and was prime minister in 2018–2019.
He won the presidential election of 19 October 2025 and took office later that month.
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Updated: October 4, 2026