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President of the Republic of Cyprus |
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| Appointer | Direct popular vote |
| Term length | Five years, renewable once |
| Formation | 16 August 1960 |
| Website | http://www.presidency.gov.cy (English) (Greek) (Turkish) |
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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 extend to the northern third of the island.
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| # | Name | Picture | Term start | Term end | Political Party |
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| 1 | Archbishop Makarios III (deposed) |  |
16 August 1960 | 15 July 1974 | None |
| Nikos Sampson (puppet president) | 15 July 1974 | 23 July 1974 | |||
| Glafcos Clerides (acting) | 23 July 1974 | 7 December 1974 | Unified Democratic Party | ||
| Archbishop Makarios III (restored) | |
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 | Glafcos Clerides | 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 |
| Candidates and nominating parties | 1st round | 2nd round | ||
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| 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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