Ankara
LEFKOSA, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Turkish Cypriot President Mustafa Akinci has approved a new coalition government cabinet under Prime Minister Huseyin Ozgurgun.
Saturday’s move comes after the National Unity Party (UBP), the junior partner in the wide-based coalition with the Republican Turkish Party-United Forces (CTP-BG), withdrew from the government on April 2.
Ozgurgun's party formed a coalition with the Democratic Party-National Forces (DP-UG) and independents, and announced the government's new cabinet list after submitting it for the president’s approval.
The new cabinet members are:
- Prime Minister: Huseyin Ozgurgun
- Foreign Minister: Serdar Ertugruloglu
- Finance Minister: Serdar Denktas
- Interior Minister: Kutlu Evren
- Economy and Energy Minister: Sunat Atun
- Labor and Social Security Minister: Hamza Ersan Saner
- Tourism Minister and Environment Minister: Fikri Ataoglu
- Education and Culture Minister: Ozdemir Berova
- Health Minister: Faiz Sucuoglu
- Agriculture and Natural Resources Minister: Nazim Cavusoglu
- Public Works and Transportation Minister: Kemal Durust
Meanwhile, Ozgurgun took the reins from previous Prime Minister Omer Kalyoncu in a handover ceremony.
Amid the change in government, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is in talks with the Greek Cypriot administration over a possible reunification agreement this year.
In July 2015 the UBP formed a coalition government with the CTP-BG. That party currently has 20 seats in the Turkish Cypriot parliament, and the UBP has 18.
The Democratic Party-National Forces (DP-UG) has five deputies, the Communal Democracy Party (TDP) has three, and there are four independent deputies.
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