Council of Ministers (Northern Cyprus)

The Council of Ministers (Turkish: Bakanlar Kurulu) is the executive branch of the government of the unrecognized state Northern Cyprus, consisting of ministers. The council is chaired by the Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus and the ministers head executive departments of the government. The President of Northern Cyprus reserved the right to chair the Council of Ministers, albeit without voting. The maximum number of ministries, as defined by the constitution, is ten.[1]

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The Council of Ministers is appointed by the Prime Minister, and the program of the government needs to be read out in the Assembly of the Republic within a week of the appointment. The cabinet then needs to receive a vote of confidence by the majority of the members of the Assembly. A vote of no confidence can be initiated after three months has elapsed, by nine members of the Assembly.[1]

Cabinet

The current council, Tatar cabinet, which replaced the Erhürman cabinet is appointed on 22 May 2019 by the president, Mustafa Akıncı. The cabinet consists of 10 ministers formed by a coalition of the National Unity Party (UBP) and People's Party (HP). UBP got 7 and HP got 3 ministers in the cabinet.[2]

TitleNamePeriod Party
Prime MinisterErsin Tatar22 May 2019– UBP
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign AffairsKudret Özersay22 May 2019– HP
Minister of National Education and CultureNazım Çavuşoğlu22 May 2019– UBP
Minister of FinanceOlgun Amcaoğlu22 May 2019– UBP
Minister of InteriorAyşegül Baybars22 May 2019– HP
Minister of Economy and EnergyHasan Taçoy22 May 2019– UBP
Minister of HealthAli Pilli22 May 2019– UBP
Minister of Agriculture and Natural ResourcesDursun Oğuz22 May 2019– UBP
Minister of Public Works and TransportTolga Atakan22 May 2019– HP
Minister of Tourism and EnvironmentÜnal Üstel22 May 2019– UBP
Minister of Labour and Social SecurityFaiz Sucuoğlu22 May 2019– UBP
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See also

Notes
  1. "Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti Anayasası" (in Turkish). Northern Cyprus Law Courts. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  2. "İşte yeni bakanlar!" (in Turkish). Kıbrıs Postası. Retrieved 20 September 2019.


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