Mustafa Akıncı
| Mustafa Akıncı | |
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| 4th President of Northern Cyprus | |
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Assumed office 30 April 2015 |
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| Prime Minister |
Özkan Yorgancıoğlu Ömer Kalyoncu Hüseyin Özgürgün |
| Preceded by | Derviş Eroğlu |
| Mayor of North Nicosia | |
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In office 1976–1990 |
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| Preceded by | Ziver Kemal |
| Succeeded by | Fuat Celalettin |
| Minister of State and Deputy Prime Minister | |
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In office 30 December 1998 – 8 June 2001 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
28 December 1947 Limassol, British Cyprus |
| Political party | Communal Democracy Party |
| Spouse(s) | Meral Akıncı |
| Alma mater | Middle East Technical University |
| Website | Official website |
Mustafa Akıncı (Turkish pronunciation: [mustafa akɯnd͡ʒɯ]; born 28 December 1947) is a Turkish Cypriot politician and the fourth and current President of Northern Cyprus. He took office in April 2015.
An architect by profession, Akıncı became the first elected mayor of the Nicosia Turkish Municipality in 1976 at the age of 28, defeating a candidate endorsed by President Rauf Denktaş as the candidate of the Communal Liberation Party (TKP). He held this position for an uninterrupted term of 14 years until 1990, leading several projects for the city that won him international awards including the Aga Khan Award for Architecture and collaborating with his Greek Cypriot counterpart. Meanwhile, he rose to prominence and gained influence within his party, first becoming Secretary General and then leader in 1987. He served as a member of the Assembly of the Republic between 1993 and 2009 and as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State between 1999 and 2001. His leadership of the TKP ended in 2001. He established the Peace and Democracy Movement in 2003 and served as its leader.
Akıncı is a long-standing advocate of the reunification of Cyprus and has opposed Turkey's increasing influence in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
Akıncı was born in Limassol on 28 December 1947. He studied architecture at the Middle East Technical University, where he met his wife, Meral Akıncı. He returned to Cyprus in 1973 and the couple married in 1974. Their first child, Doğa, was born in 1975.
In 1975, Akıncı was elected to the Constituent Assembly of Turkish Cypriots. He ran as the candidate of the Communal Liberation Party for the mayorship of the Nicosia Turkish Municipality and was endorsed by the Republican Turkish Party in the Northern Cyprus local elections of 24 May 1976. He defeated his main rival, businessman Nevzat Uzunoğlu of the right-wing National Unity Party (UBP), who was endorsed by Rauf Denktaş, by a margin of 1500 votes, receiving 48.99% of the votes against Uzunoğlu's 31.81%. Following this election, he became the first elected mayor of the Nicosia Turkish Municipality, and served for an uninterrupted term of 14 years from 1976 to 1990. In the Northern Cyprus local elections of 1 June 1980, he was re-elected with 39.98% of the votes. In the election for his third term, the Northern Cyprus local elections, 1986 of 2 June 1986, the UBP mounted a vigorous campaign to take the municipality. Akıncı still prevailed with 46.42% of the votes, against 40.93% of the votes for Ramiz Manyera, the UBP candidate.
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