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	(1952-07-06) 6 July 1952 (age 71) 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.^[1] Talat was the leader of the social democratic Republican Turkish Party (Turkish: Cumhuriyetçi Türk Partisi, CTP),^[2] from 1996 to 2005 and 2015 to 2016.^[3] 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.^[4] He lost the presidential election of 2010 and was replaced by Derviş Eroğlu as President.