Turkish Cypriot
Turkish Cypriots or Cypriot Turks ( tr, Kıbrıs Türkleri or ''Kıbrıslı Türkler''; el, Τουρκοκύπριοι, Tourkokýprioi) are ethnic Turks originating from Cyprus. Following the Ottoman conquest of the island in 1571, about 30,0 ...
politician who was
Prime Minister
A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...
of Northern Cyprus from 2010 to 2013. He was the nephew of the
Republic of Cyprus
Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ge ...
's first vice-president,
Fazıl Küçük
Fazıl Küçük (; el, Φαζίλ Κιουτσούκ; 14 March 1906 – 15 January 1984) was a Turkish Cypriot politician who served as the first Vice President of the Republic of Cyprus.
Biography
Fazıl Küçük, the son of a farmer, was ...
.
Early life and education
Küçük was born in Nicosia in 1940 and graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture of the Ankara University in 1966, and then started to work at the State Hydraulic Engineering Bureau of Turkey. He got a master's degree in 1969 in irrigations threads. Subsequently, he was industrial engineer at the Veterinary Office of Northern Cyprus between 1968 and 1973, before he became self-employed in the field of agriculture and livestock in the private sector.
Political career and terms as Prime Minister
Shortly thereafter, he joined the National Unity Party (UBP) and was elected in 1976 and 1981 as a representative of Nicosia in the Provisional Parliament.
In July 1976, he was appointed Minister of Agriculture in the first cabinet of
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 ...
and exercised this office in the subsequent governments of
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.
Upo ...
and Mustafa Çağatay until 1981. He was then Minister of Natural Resources and Energy in the Çağatay government between 1981 and 1982, before being Minister of Health, Social Affairs and Labor in his cabinet from 1982 to 1983.
In December 1983, he was nominated as one of its candidates for the first elections to the first Assembly of the Republic on 23 June 1985. In the elections, he was elected representative and reelected in the early elections in 1993 for the constituency of Nicosia. At the same time he was chairman of the National Unity Party in the district of Nicosia.
After the parliamentary elections of 6 December 1998, he was appointed in the
Derviş Eroğlu
Derviş Eroğlu (born 7 March 1938) is a Turkish Cypriot politician, who served as the president of Northern Cyprus from 2010parliamentary elections in December 2003, he retired from the government and was instead 2004 Secretary General of the UBP.
The next parliamentary elections on 18 April 2009 were re-won by the UBP, which now had an absolute majority. After the election of Derviş Eroğlu and led by Hüseyin Özgürgün transitional government, he was on 9 May 2010 Chairman of the UBP and finally on 17 May 2010 also officially Prime Minister. On 5 June 2013, he resigned after was ousted by a
vote of no confidence
A motion of no confidence, also variously called a vote of no confidence, no-confidence motion, motion of confidence, or vote of confidence, is a statement or vote about whether a person in a position of responsibility like in government or mana ...
in the Assembly. On 13 June 2013,
Sibel Siber
Sibel Siber (born 13 December 1960) is a Turkish Cypriot politician. She served as the Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus between 13 June 2013, following the fall of the government of İrsen Küçük in a vote of no confidence, and 2 September 20 ...
followed him as Prime Minister.
On 5 June 2013, he resigned after was ousted by a
vote of no confidence
A motion of no confidence, also variously called a vote of no confidence, no-confidence motion, motion of confidence, or vote of confidence, is a statement or vote about whether a person in a position of responsibility like in government or mana ...
in the Assembly. On 13 June 2013,
Sibel Siber
Sibel Siber (born 13 December 1960) is a Turkish Cypriot politician. She served as the Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus between 13 June 2013, following the fall of the government of İrsen Küçük in a vote of no confidence, and 2 September 20 ...
followed him as Prime Minister.
He died on 10 March 2019 at the age of 79.