Faiz SucuoÄŸlu (born 27 August 1961) is a Turkish Cypriot politician who was the
prime minister of Northern Cyprus
The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus takes place in a framework of a semi-presidential representative democratic republic.
The president is head of state and the prime minister head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive pow ...
from 5 November 2021 to 12 May 2022.
Biography
SucuoÄŸlu was born in
Polis
''Polis'' (, ; grc-gre, πόλις, ), plural ''poleis'' (, , ), literally means "city" in Greek. In Ancient Greece, it originally referred to an administrative and religious city center, as distinct from the rest of the city. Later, it also ...
on 27 August 1961.
His father, Mehmet Salih SucuoÄŸlu (died 2018), later served as the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Settlement in Northern Cyprus.
After graduating from
Lefkoşa Türk Lisesi (Nicosia Turkish High School), he attained a scholarship from the German government to study medicine in that country. He completed his medical education by studying his final two years at the
Istanbul University
, image = Istanbul_University_logo.svg
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, latin_name = Universitas Istanbulensis
, motto = tr, Tarihten Geleceğe Bilim Köprüsü
, mottoeng = Science Bridge from Past to the Future
, established = 1453 1846 1933
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Çapa Faculty of Medicine. He then specialised in
obstetrics and gynaecology at the Zeynep Kamil Hospital in Istanbul, and worked there after the completion of his training until 1993, when he returned to Cyprus. He subsequently served in the military and opened his private clinic, where he worked for 20 years.
Career
He served as the head of the
LefkoÅŸa District
LefkoÅŸa District is a district of Northern Cyprus. It is divided into two sub-districts: LefkoÅŸa Sub-district and DeÄŸirmenlik Sub-district.[National Unity Party The National Unity Party, National United Party, Party of National Unity or National Unity Front may refer to:
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between 2011 and 2013. He was elected to parliament, representing LefkoÅŸa for the UBP, in the 2013 election. He served as the Minister of Tourism in the
Kalyoncu cabinet in 2013, and as the Minister of Health in the
Özgürgün cabinet Özgürgün cabinet was the government of Northern Cyprus between 16 April 2016 and 2 February 2018. It replaced the Kalyoncu cabinet and consisted of 10 ministers formed by a coalition of the National Unity Party (UBP) and Democratic Party Democra ...
in 2016-2017. He was re-elected as an MP in 2018.
He was elected as the leader of the UBP on 31 October 2021, garnering votes of 60.6% of the party members.
SucuoÄŸlu formed a coalition government with the
Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to:
*Democratic Party (United States)
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and became Prime Minister on 5 November 2021.
References
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1961 births
Living people
Prime Ministers of Northern Cyprus
National Unity Party (Northern Cyprus) politicians
People from Paphos District
Istanbul University alumni