Derviş Kemal Deniz (born October 2, 1954) is the former

Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Northern Cyprus ( tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs), officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC; tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti, ''KKTC''), is a ''de facto'' state that comprises the northeastern portion of the island of Cyprus. Reco ...

Minister of

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and

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. He was appointed to these portfolios on April 28, 2005, in the 19th cabinet of TRNC under the

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Mehmet Ali Talat 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 ( tr, Cumhuriyetçi Türk Partisi, CTP), ...

. Deniz is a graduate of London Guildhall University, from where he obtained his Accountancy degree in 1977. He became a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountant in England and Wales in 1981. Deniz has 2 children.

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Living people 1954 births Government ministers of Northern Cyprus Türk Maarif Koleji alumni Turkish Cypriot expatriates in the United Kingdom Alumni of London Guildhall University {{Cyprus-politician-stub