- Ferdi Sabit Soyer
Politics of Northern Cyprus
Ferdi Sabit Soyer (
March 5 1952 ) is the de facto Prime Minister of theTurkish Republic of Northern Cyprus , and Deputy Leader of TRNC PresidentMehmet Ali Talat 'sRepublican Turkish Party (CTP).Soyer, a former union leader, has been a member of the TRNC parliament since 1985 (except for a three-year absence between 1990 and 1993). He was named successor to Talat's former post of TRNC Prime Minister on
April 25 , 2005.Soyer was born in
Nicosia in 1952, attending secondary school in Cyprus, then continued towards a degree in medicine from Turkey. However, due to political reasons he did not complete his university education. While there, Soyer co-founded the Youth Federation of Turkish Cypriot Students (KOGEF) and he was also its leader for a time.Upon returning to
Cyprus , Soyer continued to take an active part in various Turkish-Cypriot political movements. He worked as a member of Republican Turkish Party for a long time, recently holding the party office ofsecretary-general .TRNC
Cabinet offices that Soyer held was Minister of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Energy in the 1993 DP-CTP coalition government.Soyer was elected as the new Chairman of the Republican Turkish Party on
21 May 2005 , replacing President Talat who vacated his position after taking over the presidency.Soyer is married with two children.
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