This is a list of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Northern Cyprus since the proclamation of the

Turkish Federated State of Cyprus The Turkish Federated State of Cyprus ( tr, ) was a state on the region of Northern Cyprus declared in 1975 and existing until 1983, that was not recognised by the international community. It was succeeded by the Turkish Republic of Northern C ...

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Vedat Çelik Vedat is a masculine given name meaning "friendship, love". It is commonly used in Turkey, and less commonly in Albania, North Macedonia and Kosovo. The name has one variant, " Vedad", a very common given name in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The name a ...

, 6 June 1976 , 21 April 1978 , - align=center , align=left,

Kenan Atakol Kenan (also spelled Qenan, Kaynan or Cainan) (; ar, كِنَاْنْ, Keynān; grc-x-biblical, Καϊνάμ, Kaïnám) is an Antediluvian patriarch first mentioned in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. In scriptures According to Gen ...

, 12 December 1978 , 13 December 1983 , - align=center , align=left,

Necati Münür Ertekün Necati is a Turkish given name for males. People named Necati include: * Necati "Neco" Arabaci (born 1972), Turkish businessman, criminal, and high-ranking member of the Hells Angels * Necati Ateş (born 1980), Turkish footballer * Necati Çel ...

, 13 December 1983 , 19 June 1985 , - align=center , align=left,

, 19 December 1985 , 31 December 1993 , - align=center , align=left,

Atay Ahmet Raşit Atay () is a masculine Turkish given name. It is also spelled as Atai in some cultures. It may refer to: Given name * Atay Aktuğ, former president of the Turkish football club Trabzonspor Surname * Oğuz Atay (1934–1977), Turkish writer ...

, 27 January 1994 , 16 August 1996 , - align=center , align=left,

Taner Etkin Taner (from Turkish ', "dawn", and ', "man") is usually a Turkish masculine given name and surname. It may also refer to Taner, a former imperial Chinese commandery. Given name * Ahmet Taner Kışlalı (1939−1999), political scientist, auth ...

, 16 August 1996 , 30 December 1998 , - align=center , align=left,

Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu (born 1953) is a Turkish Cypriot politician. He served as a member of the Assembly of the Republic representing the Lefkoşa District between 1998 and 2018. During this time, he was a member of the National Unity Party (UBP ...

, 31 November 1998 , 16 January 2004 , - align=center , align=left,

Serdar Denktaş Serdar Denktaş is son of Rauf Denktaş, the former President of the de facto Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. He was the Minister of Finance of Northern Cyprus from April 2016 to May 2019. His previous portfolios include Labour, Settlement ...

, 16 January 2004 , 25 September 2006 , - align=center , align=left,

Turgay Avcı Turgay Avcı is the deputy prime minister and minister of Foreign Affairs in the government of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. He was the Leader of the former Reform Party (Northern Cyprus). Biography Avcı was born in Larnaca in 1959. A ...

, 25 September 2006 , 4 May 2009 , - align=center , align=left,

Hüseyin Özgürgün Hüseyin Özgürgün (born 1965) is a Turkish Cypriot politician and a former Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus. He is the current leader of the National Unity Party (UBP). He was formerly the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkish Republic of ...

, 4 May 2009 , 13 June 2013 , - align=center , align=left,

Kutlay Erk Kutlay Erk (born 1952) is a Cypriot politician. He served as mayor of North Nicosia, the Turkish Cypriot part of Nicosia Nicosia ( ; el, Λευκωσία, Lefkosía ; tr, Lefkoşa ; hy, Նիկոսիա, romanized: ''Nikosia''; Cypriot Ara ...

, 13 June 2013 , 31 August 2013 , - align=center , align=left, Özdil Nami , 1 September 2013 , 12 May 2015 , - align=center , align=left, Emine Çolak , 12 May 2015 , 16 April 2016 , - align=center , align=left,

, 16 April 2016 , 2 February 2018 , - align=center , align=left,

Kudret Özersay Kudret Özersay (born 16 December 1973) is a Turkish Cypriot academic, diplomat and politician. A scholar in international politics by profession, he served in the negotiations to solve the Cyprus dispute between 2002 and 2012 and in 2014. He was ...

, 2 February 2018 , 9 December 2020 , - align=center , align=left,

, 9 December 2020 ,

External links

Official list on the Web site of the Ministry
Foreign ministers of Northern Cyprus Ministers of Foreign Affairs