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Mehmet Ali Talat
President of Northern Cyprus
Years: 1952 - 2057
Mehmet Ali Talat (born July 6, 1952) is a Turkish Cypriot politician who serves as the President of Northern Cyprus from 2005 to 2010.
Talat is the leader of the social democratic Republican Turkish Party (Turkish: Cumhuriyetçi Türk Partisi, CTP), having previously held this position between 1996 and 2005.
He becomes prime minister in 2004, and subsequently wins the presidential election held on April 17, 2005.
Talat is inaugurated on April 25, 2005, succeeding retiring leader Rauf Denktaş.
He loses the presidential election of 2010 and is replaced by Derviş Eroğlu as President.
