Tufan Erhürman
Tufan Erhürman | |
|---|---|
Erhürman in 2025 | |
| 6th President of Northern Cyprus | |
| Assumed office 24 October 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Ünal Üstel |
| Preceded by | Ersin Tatar |
| Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus | |
| In office 2 February 2018 – 22 May 2019 | |
| President | Mustafa Akıncı |
| Deputy | Kudret Özersay |
| Preceded by | Hüseyin Özgürgün |
| Succeeded by | Ersin Tatar |
| Leader of the Republican Turkish Party | |
| In office 13 November 2016 – 24 October 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Mehmet Ali Talat |
| Succeeded by | Sıla Usar İncirli |
| Member of the Assembly of Republic | |
| Assumed office 28 July 2013 | |
| Constituency | Lefkoşa (2013, 2018) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 September 1970 |
| Citizenship | Cypriot |
| Party | Republican Turkish (until 2025) |
| Spouse | Nilden Bektaş Erhürman |
| Education | Türk Maarif Koleji |
| Alma mater | Ankara University (LLB, LLM, PhD) |
| Website | tufanerhurman |
Tufan Erhürman (born 11 September 1970) is a Turkish Cypriot academic, lawyer, diplomat, and politician who has been the 6th President of Northern Cyprus since 2025. A scholar in public law by profession, he served in the negotiations to solve the Cyprus dispute between 2008 and 2010. He previously worked for the Ministry of Justice of Turkey between 1999 and 2004 and worked for the establishment of the position of ombudsman in Turkey. He served as the leader of the Republican Turkish Party between 2016 and 2025, until his ascension to the Presidency. He held the office of Prime Minister beginning January 2018 as the leader of a four-party coalition. The coalition government resigned on 9 May 2019, with Erhürman continuing as Prime Minister until the office was taken over by Ersin Tatar on 22 May 2019. He was elected president of Northern Cyprus in a landslide in the 2025 Northern Cypriot presidential election.