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 Mr.
Mehmet Ali Talat was born on 6 July 1952 in
Kyrenia. He
completed his secondary education in Cyprus.
Talat continued his further education in Turkey. He gained his
M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Faculty of
Electrical Engineering
Middle East
Technical University in 1977. Talat also completed his M.A. degree
in International Relations at the
Eastern
Mediterranean University in Cyprus.
He was assigned as
the Minister of Education and Culture in the first Democrat
Party (DP) –
Republican Turkish Party (CTP) Coalition Government, formed
after the Parliamentary Elections held in December 1993. He
continued in the same position during the second DP-CTP
coalition Government. In the third DP-CTP coalition Government
he was assigned as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of
State.
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President and
Mrs Oya Talat at the Presidential Palace, Nicosia, North
Cyprus |
He was elected as
the leader of the Republican Turkish Party in the 14th
Convention of the Party, which was held on 14 January 1996. He
was elected as a Member of Parliament from
Nicosia respectively
in the 1998 and 2003 Parliamentary Elections, and in the early
elections held on 20 February 2005.
After the first CTP-DP Coalition government formed on 13 January 2004, he formed
the second CTP-DP Coalition government on 8 March 2005, which
continued until the last Presidential Elections.
Mehmet Ali Talat,
who was elected President in the first round of elections on 20
April 2005 is married and has a son and a daughter.
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