Hüseyin Özgürgün (born 1965) is a Turkish Cypriot politician and a former
Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus
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. He is the current leader of the
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(UBP). He was formerly the
Minister of Foreign Affairs
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of
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
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. From 23 April to 17 May 2010 he was also
Acting Prime Minister
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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
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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.
LefkoÅŸa District
LefkoÅŸa District () is a district of Northern Cyprus. It is divided into two sub-districts: LefkoÅŸa Sub-district and DeÄŸirmenlik Sub-district. He was later re-elected to the same position in
2003
2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater.
In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War.
Demographic ...
,
2005
2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...
,
2009
2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
and
2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
. 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.