Tufan Erhürman
Tufan Erhürman | |
|---|---|
| Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus | |
| In office 2 February 2018 – 22 May 2019 | |
| President | Mustafa Akıncı |
| Deputy | Kudret Özersay |
| Preceded by | Hüseyin Özgürgün |
| Succeeded by | Ersin Tatar |
| Leader of the Republican Turkish Party | |
| Assumed office 13 November 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Mehmet Ali Talat |
| Member of the Assembly of Republic | |
| Assumed office 28 July 2013 | |
| Constituency | Lefkoşa (2013, 2018) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1970 (age 54–55) Nicosia, Cyprus |
| Political party | Republican Turkish Party |
| Spouse | Nilden Bektaş Erhürman |
| Alma mater | Türk Maarif Koleji Ankara University |
| Website | www |
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.