Was born in
He was chairman of the Turkish
Cooperative Bank for the Famagusta District from 1972 to
After the general elections in 1993, he continued his political life as the main opposition party leader. On 16 August 1996, he once again became Prime Minister in the coalition government of the National Unity Party and the Democrat Party until December 1998.
He found himself once again Prime Minister, after the general elections of 6 December 1998, of the coalition government of the National Unity Party and the Communal Liberation Party from 31.12.1998 – 8.6.2001, and continued to serve as Prime Minister in the coalition government of the National Unity Party and the Democrat Party between 8.6.2001 and 13.01.2004. He was re-elected Chairman of the National Unity Party on 29 November 2008.
When early general elections were held on 19 April 2009, having secured the majority with 26 seats in Parliament, he once again became Prime Minister and formed the National Unity Party Government under his leadership. On 18 April 2010, he became the third President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. He is married with four daughters and five grandchildren.
REFERENCE: Cumhurbaşkanı Dr. Derviş Eroğlu (kktcb.org, 13.2.2015).