Mehmet Ali Talat

Mehmet Ali Talat
Mehmet Ali Talat
2nd President of Northern Cyprus
	In office; 24 April 2005 – 23 April 2010
Prime Minister	Ferdi Sabit Soyer; Derviş Eroğlu
Preceded by	Rauf Denktaş
Succeeded by	Derviş Eroğlu
Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus
	In office; 13 January 2004 – 24 April 2005
President	Rauf Denktaş
Preceded by	Derviş Eroğlu
Succeeded by	Ferdi Sabit Soyer
Deputy Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus
	In office; 11 December 1995 – 16 August 1996
Preceded by	Özker Özgür
Succeeded by	Serdar Denktaş
Leader of the Republican Turkish Party
	In office; 14 June 2015 – 13 November 2016
Preceded by	Özkan Yorgancıoğlu
Succeeded by	Tufan Erhürman
	In office; 14 January 1996 – 21 May 2005
Preceded by	Özker Özgür
Succeeded by	Ferdi Sabit Soyer
Member of the Assembly of Republic
	In office; 6 December 1998 – 23 April 2005
Constituency	Lefkoşa (1998, 2003, 2005)
Personal details
Born	6 July 1952; Kyrenia, British Cyprus
Nationality	Turkish Cypriot
Political party	Republican Turkish Party
Spouse	Oya Talat
Children	2
Residence(s)	North Nicosia, Northern Cyprus
Alma mater	Middle East Technical University ; Eastern Mediterranean University

Mehmet Ali Talat (born 6 July 1952) is a Turkish Cypriot politician who served as the president of Northern Cyprus from 2005 to 2010. Talat was the leader of the social democratic Republican Turkish Party (Turkish: Cumhuriyetçi Türk Partisi, CTP), from 1996 to 2005 and 2015 to 2016. He became prime minister in 2004, and subsequently won the presidential election held on 17 April 2005. Talat was inaugurated on 25 April 2005, succeeding retiring leader Rauf Denktaş. He lost the presidential election of 2010 and was replaced by Derviş Eroğlu as President.

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