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President of Cyprus
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)
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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1 Partially or entirely in Asia, depending on the definition of the border between Europe and Asia.
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1 Entirely in Southwest Asia ; included here because of cultural, political and historical association with Europe. 2 Partially or entirely in Asia, depending on the definition of the border between Europe and Asia.
3 Mostly in Asia.
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