singer-songwriter Politics Sonay Adem, TRNC Minister for Labor and Social Security (2005–09) Peray Ahmet, British-born leader of Haringey London Borough Council (Turkish Cypriot parents) Asım Akansoy, TRNC Minister of Interior and Labor (2015–16) Mustafa Akıncı, President of Northern Cyprus (2015–20) Hakkı Atun, Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus (1994–96) Sunat Atun, TRNC Minister of Economy and Energy (2016–18) Perihan Arıburun, Turkish politician (Turkish Cypriot origin; descendant of Kıbrıslı Mehmed Kamil Pasha) Turgay Avcı, leader of the Freedom and Reform Party (ÖRP) Ahmet Yalçın Benli, Mayor of Gönyeli (2006–present) Ahmet Mithat Berberoğlu, founder of the Republican Turkish Party (CTP) Beran Bertuğ, first female kaymakam of Gazimağusa Filiz Besim, Minister of Health (2018–present) Ziver K. Bodamyalızade, Mayor of the Nicosia Turkish Municipality (1969–76) Şemi Bora, Mayor of the Nicosia Turkish Municipality (1994-2002) Hasan Bozer, speaker of the Assembly of Northern Cyprus (2009–13) Gülsen Bozkurt, Minister of Health and the Environment (1999-2001) Cemal Metin Bulutoğluları, Mayor of the Nicosia Turkish Municipality (2006–13) Nesil Caliskan, British-born politician; Enfield London Borough Council's first female leader (Turkish Cypriot parents) Fuat Celalettin, Mayor of the Nicosia Turkish Municipality (1962-1969) Mete Coban, , Turkish-Cypriot born British Labour Councillor for Stoke Newington; founder of My Life My Say Mustafa Çağatay, Prime Minister of the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus and the TRNC (1978–83) Mehmet Çakıcı, first leader of the Communal Democracy Party (TDP) (2007–13) Zeki Çeler, member of the TDP Emine Çolak, TRNC Minister of Foreign Affairs (2015–16) Derviş Kemal Deniz, TRNC Minister of Economy and Tourism Raif Denktaş, UBP MP (1983–85) Rauf Denktaş, second Vice President of Cyprus (1973–74); first President of Northern Cyprus (1983-2005) Serdar Denktaş, leader of the Democratic Party (1996-2018); Deputy President of Northern Cyprus (1996–98; 2005–06; 2013–15; and 2016–19) Doğuş Derya, CTP MP (2013–present) Meral Ece, British-born politician; Liberal Democrats member of the House of Lords (Turkish Cypriot parents) Emma Edhem, British-born councilwoman of the City of London Corporation (Turkish Cypriot parents) Hacı Rasıh Efendi, Ottoman politician; the first mayor of Lefke (1900–08) Fatma Ekenoğlu, first female Speaker of the Republican Assembly of Northern Cyprus (2004–09) Ahmet Erdengiz, Ambassador of the TRNC to the United States of America (1998-2002) Kutlay Erk, Mayor of the Nicosia Turkish Municipality (2002–06) Tufan Erhürman, Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus (2018–19) Derviş Eroğlu, Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus (1985–94, 1996–2004 and 2009–10); third President of Northern Cyprus (2010–15) Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Defense (1998-2004; 2016–18; 2020-present) Ahmet