The National Unity Party ( tr, Ulusal Birlik Partisi, UBP) is a
national-conservative
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political party
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in
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 DenktaÅŸ
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
Prime Minister
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DerviÅŸ EroÄŸlu
DerviÅŸ EroÄŸlu (born 7 March 1938) is a Turkish Cypriot politician, who served as the president of Northern Cyprus from 2010presidential elections
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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
The Republican Turkish Party ( tr, Cumhuriyetçi Türk Partisi, CTP) is a social-democratic political party in Northern Cyprus. The party was founded in 1970 by Ahmet Mithat Berberoğlu, a lawyer, in opposition to the leadership of Fazıl Küçük ...
, preceded by a period as the opposition party between 2013 and 2015.
Election results
Leaders of the National Unity Party
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Rauf DenktaÅŸ
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 ...
(11 October 1975 – 3 July 1976)
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Nejat Konuk
Osman Nejat Konuk (1928 – 31 December 2014) was a 2nd prime minister of Northern Cyprus, He held this office twice, once from 1976 to 1978 and a second time from 1983 to 1985. Early life, career and death
Born in 1928 in Nicosia, Cyprus, Osma ...
(3 July 1976 – 2 March 1978)
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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
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(18 April 1978 – 7 January 1979)
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Mustafa Çağatay
Mustafa Çağatay was a Turkish Cypriot politician who served as the first Prime Minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus from 15 November 1983 to 13 December 1983. He was previously prime minister of the Turkish Federated State of Cypr ...
(7 January 1979 – 30 November 1983)
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DerviÅŸ EroÄŸlu
Derviş Eroğlu (born 7 March 1938) is a Turkish Cypriot politician, who served as the president of Northern Cyprus from 2010Hüseyin Özgürgün (11 February 2006 – 16 December 2006)
* Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu (16 December 2006 – 29 November 2008)
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DerviÅŸ EroÄŸlu
Derviş Eroğlu (born 7 March 1938) is a Turkish Cypriot politician, who served as the president of Northern Cyprus from 2010İrsen 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)
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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)
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Ersan Saner
Hamza Ersan Saner (born 1966) served as the Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus from 9 December 2020 to 5 November 2021.
President Ersin Tatar gave the task of establishing the government on 7 November 2020 to Ersan Saner, as he would temporarily ...
(20 December 2020 – 31 October 2021)
* Faiz Sucuoğlu (31 October 2021 – 1 January 2023)
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Ãœnal Ãœstel
Ãœnal Ãœstel (born 1955) is a Turkish Cypriot politician currently serving as the Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus since 12 May 2022.
Biography
Ãœstel was born in 1955 in Paphos, and graduated from Istanbul University's Faculty of Dentistr ...