Mehmet Ali Talat ( Turkish : Mehmet Ali Talat , born July 6, 1952 ) - President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus from April 24, 2005 to April 23, 2010 , replacing the long-term leader of the TRNC Rauf Denktash , before that he was from January 13, 2004 to April 26, 2005 Prime Minister of the country.
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| Predecessor | Rauf Denktash | ||||||
| Successor | Dervish Eroglu | ||||||
| Birth | July 6, 1952 (67 years old) Kyrenia | ||||||
| Spouse | Oia Talat | ||||||
| The consignment | Republican Turkish Party | ||||||
| Education | 1) Middle East Technical University 2) East Mediterranean University | ||||||
| Profession | Electrical engineer | ||||||
| Religion | Islam , Sunni | ||||||
In 2004 , as Prime Minister , he supported the Annan Plan for the Cyprus Settlement, which was also supported by the people of Northern Cyprus in a referendum , but was not implemented due to the negative vote of the residents of the Republic of Cyprus .
Biography
Mehmet Ali Talat (tour: Mehmet Ali Talat) was born on July 6, 1952 in the city of Kyrenia. Received primary and secondary education on about. Cyprus. In 1977, he received a bachelor’s and master’s diploma from the Middle East Technical University (tour. ODTÜ) with a degree in electrical engineering in Ankara. In 2004, he graduated from a master's course at the Department of International Relations of the Eastern Mediterranean University (tour: Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi; English Eastern Mediterranean University) in Famagusta on about. Cyprus. While studying in Turkey, he held senior positions in student societies of Turkish Cypriots. Mehmet Ali Talat was the first founding chairman of the Cypriot Education and Youth Federation (Tour. KÖGEF) in Turkey.
In December 1993, after the parliamentary elections, Mehmet Ali Talat was appointed Minister of National Education and Culture in the first government coalition of the Democratic Party (DP) and the Republican Turkish Party (RTP). In the second government coalition, he took the post of Minister of National Education and Culture. In the third coalition, the PD and RTP, as deputy prime minister, headed the Ministry of State Affairs.
Since 1996, Mehmet Ali Talat held various posts in the RTP and on January 14, 1996 became its general chairman at the 14th Extraordinary Party Congress.
In 1998, Mehmet Ali Talat was elected to the Nicosia constituency. After the end of the general parliamentary elections, he was appointed to the post of chairman of the government of the coalition of the RTG and PD. Since March 8, 2005, he headed the second coalition government created by the RTG and PD. Prior to his election as President, Mehmet Ali Talat served as Prime Minister.
Mehmet Ali Talat supported the plan for a peaceful settlement and unification of Cyprus, which was put to a referendum on April 24, 2004.
Mehmet Ali Talat was elected President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) in the first round of elections held on April 20, 2005. After the deadline, he left politics, but returned in 2015, again heading the Republican Party of Cyprus.
President Mehmet Ali Talat speaks English. Married. Wife - Oia Talat. Spouses Talat have a son and a daughter.