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The President of Cyprus is the head of state and the head of government of the Republic of Cyprus. The office was created in 1960, after Cyprus gained its independence from the United Kingdom. Currently, the President of Cyprus is Dimitris Christofias.

After the 1974 coup d'état which installed Nikos Sampson, Turkey invaded Northern Cyprus on 20 July 1974, and in 1983 created the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which is recognized only by Turkey itself. Consequently, the jurisdiction of the Republic of Cyprus does de facto not extent to the northern third of the island.

List of Presidents of the Republic of Cyprus (1960–Present)

# Name Picture Term start Term end Political Party
1 Archbishop Makarios III (1st time, deposed) 16 August 1960 15 July 1974 None
Nikos Sampson 15 July 1974 23 July 1974 EOKA-B Not a political party but a terrorist organisation
Glafkos Klerides (1st time, acting) 23 July 1974 7 December 1974 Unified Democratic Party
Archbishop Makarios III (2nd time) 7 December 1974 3 August 1977 None
2 Spyros Kyprianou 3 September 1977 28 February 1988 Democratic Party
3 George Vasiliou 28 February 1988 28 February 1993 United Democrats
4 Glafkos Klerides (2nd time) 28 February 1993 28 February 2003 Democratic Rally
5 Tassos Papadopoulos 28 February 2003 28 February 2008 Democratic Party
6 Dimitris Christofias 28 February 2008 Present Progressive Party of Working People

Latest election

e • d Summary of the 17 February 2008 Cypriot presidential election results
Candidates and nominating parties 1st round 2nd round
Votes % Votes %
Dimitris Christofias 150,016 33.29 240,604 53.37
Ioannis Kasoulidis 150,996 33.51 210,195 46.63
Tassos Papadopoulos 143,249 31.79  
Marios Matsakis 3,460 0.77
Kostas Kyriacou 1,092 0.24
Kostas Themistocleous 753 0.17
Andreas Efstratiou 713 0.16
Christodoulos Neophytou 243 0.05
Anastasis Michael 117 0.03
Valid votes 450,639 100.00 450,799 100.00
Blank votes 4,410 0.95% 7,768 1.66%
Invalid votes 7,798 1.68% 10,576 2.25%
Turnout (out of 516.441 registered votes) 462,847 89.62 469,143 90.84
Source: Cypriot Government (http://www.ekloges.gov.cy/index.aspx?ci=en-GB)

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