Mehmet Ali Talat
Mehmet Ali Talat | |
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| 2nd President of Northern Cyprus | |
| In office 24 April 2005 – 23 April 2010 | |
| Prime Minister | Ferdi Sabit Soyer Derviş Eroğlu |
| Preceded by | Rauf Denktaş |
| Succeeded by | Derviş Eroğlu |
| Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus | |
| In office 13 January 2004 – 24 April 2005 | |
| President | Rauf Denktaş |
| Preceded by | Derviş Eroğlu |
| Succeeded by | Ferdi Sabit Soyer |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus | |
| In office 11 December 1995 – 16 August 1996 | |
| Preceded by | Özker Özgür |
| Succeeded by | Serdar Denktaş |
| Leader of the Republican Turkish Party | |
| In office 14 June 2015 – 13 November 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Özkan Yorgancıoğlu |
| Succeeded by | Tufan Erhürman |
| In office 14 January 1996 – 21 May 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Özker Özgür |
| Succeeded by | Ferdi Sabit Soyer |
| Member of the Assembly of Republic | |
| In office 6 December 1998 – 23 April 2005 | |
| Constituency | Lefkoşa (1998, 2003, 2005) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 July 1952 |
| Party | Republican Turkish Party |
| Spouse | Oya Talat |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Middle East Technical University (BS) Eastern Mediterranean University (MA) |
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Mehmet Ali Talat (born 6 July 1952) is a Turkish Cypriot politician who served as the president of Northern Cyprus from 2005 to 2010. Talat was the leader of the social democratic Republican Turkish Party (Turkish: Cumhuriyetçi Türk Partisi, CTP), from 1996 to 2005 and 2015 to 2016. He became prime minister in 2004, and subsequently won the presidential election held on 17 April 2005. Talat was inaugurated on 25 April 2005, succeeding retiring leader Rauf Denktaş. He lost the presidential election of 2010 and was replaced by Derviş Eroğlu as President.