Vice President of Cyprus
The vice president of Cyprus is the second highest political position in Cyprus, after the president. Under the power-sharing
History
The Republic of Cyprus was established in 1960 after independence was achieved from British colonial rule, and its constitution came into force that shared power between the two major ethnic groups on the island, as established under the London and Zürich Agreements.
Fazıl Küçük became the first vice president of the country, running unopposed in the 1959 election and winning reelection in the 1968. Rauf Denktaş ran unopposed in the 1973 election, becoming the second vice president.
The vice president appoints three ministers to the cabinet, yet due to disagreements amidst intercommunal violence, such appointments were not made and Turkish Cypriots have not participated in the government since December 1963.[2]
Vice president Denktaş, along with President
List
History of the office holders follows.[3]
№ | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Elected | President (Birth–Death) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Inaugurated | Left office | |||||
1 | Fazıl Küçük (1906–1984) |
16 August 1960 | 18 February 1973 | 1959 1968 |
Makarios III[4] (1913–1977) | |
2 | Rauf Denktaş (1924–2012) |
18 February 1973 | 15 July 1974 (deposed) |
1973 | ||
Vacant (15 July 1974–present); de facto superseded as the political leader of the Turkish Cypriot community by the President of Northern Cyprus |
See also
- The Annan Plan, which proposed that there should be a president and vice president, one Greek Cypriot and one Turkish Cypriot, rotating posts every 10 months during a five-year term.
References
- ^ "The elections (president and vice-president) of the republic laws 1959 to 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-08-25.
- ^ The Cyprus Government
- ^ Middle East Economic Digest, 1972
- ^ Parliament of Cyprus