Derviş Eroğlu

Derviş Eroğlu
Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus
Incumbent
Assumed office  5 May 2009
President	Mehmet Ali Talat
Preceded by	Ferdi Sabit Soyer
In office 16 August 1996 – 13 January 2004
President	Rauf Denktaş
Preceded by	Hakki Atun
Succeeded by	Mehmet Ali Talat
In office 19 July 1985 – 1 January 1994
President	Rauf Denktaş
Preceded by	Mustafa Çagatay
Succeeded by	Hakki Atun
Born	1938 Famagusta, Cyprus
Political party	National Unity Party
Alma mater	Istanbul University

Dr. Derviş Eroğlu (born 1938) is a political figure in the de facto Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). He was Prime Minister of the entity from 1985 to 1994 and from 1996 to 2004, and leader of the National Unity Party. His party won the general elections in 2009 and Eroğlu became Prime Minister again. ^[1]

Born in Famagusta, Cyprus in 1938, he studied medicine at Istanbul University, Turkey.

He entered the Assembly of the Republic of Northern Cyprus of the then-Turkish Federated State of Northern Cyprus in 1976, serving as Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports during 1976-77. He served as a member of the de facto TRNC Constituent Assembly in November 1983.^[2] As the leader of the National Unity Party, he was appointed TRNC Prime Minister in four successive governments between 1985 and 1993 (He was opposition leader between 1994 and 1996), and from 1996 until his party lost the general election to the Republican Turkish Party under Mehmet Ali Talat in 2004. Eroğlu's UBP won the majority in the parliament in elections of 18th April 2009; by 44% of the general vote and Eroğlu became prime minister again after 5 years.^[3]

On November 21, 2005, Eroğlu resigned as leader of the National Unity Party, stating that "it was time for younger blood to take control". Re-elected to the chair in November 2008. ^[4]

Eroğlu is married, has four children and three grandchildren.^[5]

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