The National Unity Party ( tr, Ulusal Birlik Partisi, UBP) is a

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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 Geography of Cyprus, isl ...

. It was founded by

Rauf Denktaş Rauf Raif Denktaş (27 January 1924 – 13 January 2012) was a Turkish Cypriot politician, barrister and jurist who served as the founding president of Northern Cyprus. He occupied this position as the president of the Turkish Republic of Nort ...

on 11 October 1975. The party was in power from its creation until the 2003 elections with the exception of the period from 1994–1996. In the 2009 legislative elections for the House of Representatives of Northern Cyprus the party won 44% of the popular vote and 26 out of 50 seats, forming a majority government. Its candidate, former

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Derviş Eroğlu amassed at the Northern Cyprus

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(of 17 April 2005) 22.8% of the votes. From 2016 until elections in early 2018, the party was the senior partner in a minority government with the

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, with its leader Hüseyin Özgürgün serving as Prime Minister. It had previously been a junior partner in a coalition with the Republican Turkish Party, preceded by a period as the opposition party between 2013 and 2015.

Election results

Leaders of the National Unity Party

(11 October 1975 – 3 July 1976) * Nejat Konuk (3 July 1976 – 2 March 1978) *

Osman Örek Osman Nuri Örek (26 December 1925 – 24 March 1999) was a Turkish Cypriot politician, lawyer, author, and academic.Ahmet Aydoğdu, ''Tarihsel Süreçte Kıbrıs Türk Seçimleri ve Yönetimleri'', 2005, p. 20./ref> He was born in Nicosia ...

(18 April 1978 – 7 January 1979) * Mustafa Çağatay (7 January 1979 – 30 November 1983) * Derviş Eroğlu (18 December 1983 – 11 February 2006) * Hüseyin Özgürgün (11 February 2006 – 16 December 2006) * Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu (16 December 2006 – 29 November 2008) * Derviş Eroğlu (29 November 2008 – 23 April 2010) *

İrsen Küçük İrsen Küçük (1940 – 10 March 2019) was a Turkish Cypriot politician who was Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus from 2010 to 2013. He was the nephew of the Republic of Cyprus's first vice-president, Fazıl Küçük. Early life and educat ...

(9 May 2010 – 11 June 2013) * Hüseyin Özgürgün (31 August 2013 – 30 October 2018) *

Ersin Tatar Ersin Tatar (born 7 September 1960) is a Turkish Cypriot politician, and the current president of Northern Cyprus. He became the prime minister following the collapse of the coalition government of Tufan Erhürman in May 2019 and served until his ...

(30 October 2018 – 23 October 2020) * Ersan Saner (20 December 2020 – 31 October 2021) * Faiz Sucuoğlu (31 October 2021 – 1 January 2023) * Ünal Üstel (1 January 2023 - present)

References

External links

Official website
National Unity Party win election - Voice of AmericaCyprus Peace Talks Face Dual Threat - Voice of America
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