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 North ...

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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(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 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 ...

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 democracy, social-democratic List of political parties in Northern Cyprus, political party in Northern Cyprus. The party was founded in 1970 by Ahmet Mithat Berberoğ ...

, 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 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) *

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 ...

(18 April 1978 – 7 January 1979) *

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) *

Derviş Eroğlu Derviş Eroğlu (born 7 March 1938) is a Turkish Cypriot politician, who served as the president of Northern Cyprus from 2010Hüseyin 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 ...

(11 February 2006 – 16 December 2006) *

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 ...

(16 December 2006 – 29 November 2008) *

Derviş Eroğlu 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 education ...

(9 May 2010 – 11 June 2013) *

(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 of Northern Cyprus, prime minister following the collapse of the coalition government of Tufan Erhürm ...

(30 October 2018 – 23 October 2020) *

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 Faiz Sucuoğlu (born 27 August 1961) is a Turkish Cypriot politician who was the prime minister of Northern Cyprus from 5 November 2021 to 12 May 2022. Biography Sucuoğlu was born in Polis on 27 August 1961. His father, Mehmet Salih Sucuoğlu ...

(31 October 2021 – 1 January 2023) *

Ünal Üstel Ünal Üstel (born 1955) is a Turkish Cypriots, Turkish Cypriot politician currently serving as the Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus since 12 May 2022. Biography Üstel was born in 1955 in Paphos, and graduated from Istanbul University's Facul ...

(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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