Council of Ministers (Northern Cyprus)

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The Council of Ministers (Turkish: Bakanlar Kurulu) is the executive branch of the government of 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]

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, Özgürgün Government, which replaced the Kalyoncu cabinet, and sworn in on 16 April 2016, consists of 10 ministers formed by a coalition of the National Unity Party (UBP) and Democratic Party (DP-UG). The two parties shared the ministries 7 per 3.[2]

Office Name Period Party
Prime Minister Hüseyin Özgürgün 16 April 2016– UBP
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu 16 April 2016– UBP
Ministry of Interior Kutlu Evren 16 April 2016– UBP
Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources Nazım Çavuşoğlu 16 April 2016– UBP
Minister of Health Faiz Sucuoğlu 16 April 2016– UBP
Ministry of Economy and Energy Sunat Atun 16 April 2016– UBP
Ministry of Public Works and Transport Kemal Dürüst 16 April 2016– UBP
Ministry of Labour and Social Security Hamza Ersan Saner 16 April 2016– UBP
Ministry of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister Serdar Denktaş 16 April 2016– DP-UG
Ministry of National Education and Culture Özdemir Berova 16 April 2016– DP-UG
Ministry of Tourism and Environment Fikri Ataoğlu 16 April 2016– DP-UG

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti Anayasası" (in Turkish). Northern Cyprus Law Courts. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Yeni Kabine açıklandı!" (in Turkish). HABERKKTC. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
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