Tufan Erhürman

Tufan Erhürman
Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus
In office
2 February 2018  22 May 2019
PresidentMustafa Akıncı
DeputyKudret Özersay
Preceded byHüseyin Özgürgün
Succeeded byErsin Tatar
Leader of the Republican Turkish Party
Assumed office
13 November 2016
Preceded byMehmet Ali Talat
Member of the Assembly of Republic
Assumed office
28 July 2013
ConstituencyLefkoşa (2013, 2018)
Personal details
Born1970 (age 5455)
Nicosia, Cyprus
Political partyRepublican Turkish Party
SpouseNilden Bektaş Erhürman
Alma materTürk Maarif Koleji
Ankara University
Websitewww.tufanerhurman.com

Tufan Erhürman (born 1970) is a Turkish Cypriot academic, lawyer, diplomat and a former Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus. A scholar in public law by profession, he served in the negotiations to solve the Cyprus dispute between 2008 and 2010. He previously worked for the Ministry of Justice of Turkey between 1999 and 2004 and worked for the establishment of the position of ombudsman in Turkey. He is the current leader of Republican Turkish Party. He held the office of Prime Minister beginning January 2018 as the leader of a four-party coalition. The coalition government resigned on 9 May 2019, with Erhürman continuing as Prime Minister until the office was taken over by Ersin Tatar on 22 May 2019.