Surf Wiki
Save to docs
economics

From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Serdar Denktaş

Turkish Cypriot politician

Turkish Cypriot politician

FieldValue
nameSerdar Denktaş
imageDenktash cropped.jpg
officeLeader of the Democratic Party
term_start16 August 1996
term_end30 November 2019
predecessorHakkı Atun
successor
office1Deputy Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus
term_start116 April 2016
term_end12 February 2018
predecessor1Menteş Gündüz
successor1Kudret Özersay
term_start230 August 2013
term_end222 May 2015
predecessor2Turgay Avcı
successor2Hasan Taçoy
term_start328 February 2003
term_end325 September 2006
predecessor3Salih Coşar
successor3Turgay Avcı
term_start416 August 1996
term_end430 December 1998
predecessor4Mehmet Ali Talat
successor4Mustafa Akıncı
office5Minister of Foreign Affairs
term_start513 July 2004
term_end525 September 2006
predecessor5Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu
successor5Turgay Avcı
office6Leader of the Democratic Party
term_start616 August 1996
term_end69 September 2019
predecessor6Hakkı Atun
successor6Fikri Ataoğlu
office7Member of the Assembly of Republic
term_start76 May 1990
term_end723 January 2022
constituency7Lefkoşa (1990, 1993, 1998, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2018)
birth_date
partyDemocratic Party
parentsRauf Denktaş
Aydın Denktaş

Aydın Denktaş Serdar Denktaş (born 1959) is son of Rauf Denktaş, the former President of the de facto Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

He was the Minister of Finance of Northern Cyprus from April 2016 to May 2019. His previous portfolios include Labour, Settlement, Foreign Affairs, Economy, Tourism, Sports, Interior, Rural Affairs, Environment, State, Youth, National Education and Culture. He was also an acting Prime Minister from 23 April 2005 to 26 April 2005.

Currently he is the leader of the Democratic Party. He is viewed as a more pragmatic politician in the Cyprus problem than his father.

He was born in Nicosia () in 1959. After completing a course in printing at the London College of Printing in the United Kingdom, he entered University College, Cardiff, to study Economics. However, he did not succeed in completing his studies and returned to Cyprus. He served as the General Manager of the Credit Bank of Cyprus.

In the 1990 General Elections he was elected to the TRNC Parliament as a National Unity Party MP for Nicosia, and served as the Minister of the Interior, Rural Affairs and Environment. He resigned from the NUP in 1992 and took part in the formation of the Democratic Party.

In the 1993 General Elections he was re-elected to his seat as a Democratic Party MP. He served in that government as the Minister of Youth and Sports. He became the leader of the Democratic Party in 1996. He served briefly as Minister of State and Deputy Prime Minister until the formation of a new coalition government.

He was re-elected to the TRNC Parliament at the 1998 General Elections. In 1991, he was appointed Minister of Tourism and Environment. At the general elections in 2003, he was re-elected and appointed as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs until September 2006, when the Democratic Party was dropped as a coalition partner by the Republican Turkish Party.

He was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance on 16 April 2016. His term as Deputy Prime Minister ended 2 February 2018. He resigned as Minister of Finance on 8 May 2019.

He speaks Turkish and English.

Political titles

Serdar Denktaş is known for serving under a large number of titles throughout his political career. The following table lists his governmental and legislative titles.

TitleStart of termEnd of term
Member of Parliament18 May 19901 October 1993
25 December 199323 January 2022
Minister of Finance16 April 2016May 2019
Acting Prime Minister23 April 200526 April 2005
Deputy Prime Minister16 August 199630 December 1998
28 February 200325 September 2006
30 August 201322 May 2015
16 April 20162 February 2018
Minister of Interior, Rural Affairs and Environment20 June 19908 May 1992
Minister of Sport, Youth and Environment1 January 199418 January 1995
Minister of State16 August 199630 December 1998
Minister of Labour and Settlement11 March 199826 May 1998
Minister of Tourism and Environment8 June 200128 February 2003
Minister of State Responsible for Tourism28 February 200313 January 2004
Minister of Foreign Affairs13 January 200425 September 2006
Minister of Economy, Tourism, Culture and Sport30 August 201322 May 2015
Minister of National Education3 October 201410 October 2014
Minister of National Education and Culture2 November 20172 February 2018
Leader of Main Opposition30 December 19982000
16 July 201516 April 2016

References

References

  1. (30 July 2020). "KKTC'de Denktaş'ın oğlu Cumhurbaşkanı adayı oldu". Hurriyet.
  2. (8 May 2019). "Northern Cyprus coalition government collapses".
  3. (16 April 2016). "Serdar Denktaş Görevi Özgür'den Devraldı".
Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

1959-births living-people 21st-century-prime-ministers-of-northern-cyprus alumni-of-cardiff-university alumni-of-the-london-college-of-printing children-of-presidents democratic-party-(northern-cyprus)-politicians finance-ministers-of-northern-cyprus ministers-of-foreign-affairs-of-northern-cyprus government-ministers-of-northern-cyprus leaders-of-political-parties-in-northern-cyprus members-of-the-assembly-of-the-republic-(northern-cyprus) national-unity-party-(northern-cyprus)-politicians people-from-north-nicosia prime-ministers-of-northern-cyprus deputy-prime-ministers-of-northern-cyprus türk-maarif-koleji-alumni
Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Serdar Denktaş — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report