Ersin Tatar

Ersin Tatar
Tatar in 2022
5th President of Northern Cyprus
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 October 2020
Prime Minister	Ersan Saner Faiz Sucuoğlu Ünal Üstel
Preceded by	Mustafa Akıncı
4th Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus
In office 22 May 2019 – 23 October 2020
President	Mustafa Akıncı
Preceded by	Tufan Erhürman
Succeeded by	Ersan Saner
Leader of the National Unity Party
In office 30 October 2018 – 23 October 2020
Preceded by	Hüseyin Özgürgün
Succeeded by	Ersan Saner
Leader of the Opposition
In office 30 October 2018 – 22 May 2019
Prime Minister	Tufan Erhürman
Member of the Assembly of Republic
In office 19 April 2009 – 23 October 2020
Constituency	Lefkoşa (2009, 2013, 2018)
Personal details
Born	(1960-09-07) 7 September 1960 (age 63) Nicosia, Cyprus
Political party	National Unity Party (until 2020)
Spouse	Sibel Tatar
Children	2
Alma mater	Jesus College, Cambridge
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Ersin Tatar (born 7 September 1960) is a Turkish Cypriot politician and the president of Northern Cyprus. He became the prime minister of Northern Cyprus following the collapse of the coalition government of Tufan Erhürman in May 2019 and served until his own election as president.^[1] He was also the leader of the National Unity Party (UBP) and served as leader of the opposition.^[2]