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

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Turkish Republic of 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 island of Cyprus. Reco ...

. From 23 April to 17 May 2010 he was also

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. Moreover, he was prime minister of Northern Cyprus from 16 April 2016 to 2 February 2018.

Early life

Özgürgün was born in 1965 in Nicosia, where he completed his education up to high school. He then studied political science in Ankara University and graduated in 1988. He was a prolific sportsman, representing Northern Cyprus in basketball, football, volleyball, table tennis and athletics and later serving as a sports administrator. He served as the chairman of Çetinkaya Türk S.K. and led it to a championship. He later worked as an administrator in private businesses.

Political career

Özgürgün was first elected as a member of the Assembly of the Republic in the 1998 parliamentary election, representing

Lefkoşa District Lefkoşa District is a district of Northern Cyprus. It is divided into two sub-districts: Lefkoşa Sub-district and Değirmenlik Sub-district. He was later re-elected to the same position in 2003, 2005, 2009 and

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. He is known to accept bribes from various business people in the country during his career. Currently he is with an arrest warrant in Cyprus thus continuing his life in Turkey.

References

, - 1965 births 21st-century prime ministers of Northern Cyprus Foreign ministers of Northern Cyprus Government ministers of Northern Cyprus Members of the Assembly of the Republic (Northern Cyprus) Living people National Unity Party (Northern Cyprus) politicians People from North Nicosia Prime Ministers of Northern Cyprus Ankara University alumni Turkish Cypriot expatriates in Turkey {{Cyprus-politician-stub