List of Cypriot governments

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This article lists the successive Cypriot governments from the independence of Cyprus in 1960 to the present day.

## Governments

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Dates  | Government  | President  | Governing Parties  | Opposition Leader  |  | Key Event(s)

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16 Aug 1960 - 25 Feb 1968 | First Makarios Government | Archbishop Makarios III

(1913–1977)

|  | Patriotic Front[1] | Ezekias Papaioannou |  |

1. London and Zürich Agreements.
2. Cyprus' admission as a member state of Commonwealth of Nations.
3. Cypriot intercommunal violence.
4. Formation of UNFICYP.
5. Battle of Tillyria .

25 Feb 1968 - 15 Jul 1974 | Second Makarios Government |

1. Patriotic Front
2. AKEL[2]

| Odysseus Ioannidis |  |

1. EOKA B against Makarios.
2. 1972–1973 Cypriot ecclesiastical coup attempt.
3. 1974 Cypriot coup d'état.

15 Jul 1974 - 23 Jul 1974 | Samspon caretaker Government | Nikos Samson

(1935–2001)

|  | Progressive Front | No opposition  |  |

1. First Turkish invasion.

23 Jul 1974 - 7 Dec 1974 | Clerides caretaker Government | Glafcos Clerides

(1919–2013)

|  | Eniaion |

1. Second Turkish invasion.

7 Dec 1974 - 3 Aug 1977 | Third Makarios Government | Archbishop Makarios III

(1913–1977)

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1. Patriotic Front
2. AKEL

1. De facto independence of TFSC.
2. Makarios-Denktaş Agreement.

3 Aug 1977 - 28 Feb 1983 | First Kyprianou Government | Spyros Kyprianou

(1932–2002)

|  | DIKO |

1. Kyprianou-Denktaş Agreement.

28 Feb 1983 - 28 Feb 1988 | Second Kyprianou Government |

1. DIKO
2. AKEL[2]

| Glafcos Clerides |  |

1. Rename of TFSC to TRNC.

28 Feb 1988 - 28 Feb 1993 | Vassiliou Government | George Vassiliou

(born 1931)

|  | AKEL[2] |
28 Feb 1993 - 28 Feb 1998 | First Clerides Government | Glafcos Clerides

(1919–2013)

|  | DISY | Demetris Christofias |  |

1. Cypriot S-300 crisis.
2. Clerides-Denktaş Agreement.

28 Feb 1998 - 28 Feb 2003 | Second Clerides Government |
28 Feb 2003 - 28 Feb 2008 | Papadopoulos Government | Tassos Papadopoulos

(1934–2008)

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1. DIKO
2. AKEL
3. EDEK
4. KOSP[3]

| Nicos Anastasiades |  |

1. Opening of the first crossing point of the Green Line.
2. 2004 Annan Plan referendums.
3. Cyprus accession in the EU.

28 Feb 2008 - 28 Feb 2013 | Christofias Government | Demetris Christofias

(1946–2019)

|  | AKEL |

1. Naval Base Explosion in Mari.
2. 2008–2012 Cyprus talks.
3. Aphrodite gas field discovery.
4. Cypriot Presidency of the Council of the EU.
5. 2012 Cyprus terrorist plot.
6. 2012–2013 Cypriot financial crisis.

28 Feb 2013 - 28 Feb 2018 | First Anastasiades Government | Nicos Anastasiades

(born 1946)

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1. DISY
2. DIKO (until 2014)
3. EVROKO (until 2016)

* Andros Kyprianou (2013-2021)
* Stefanos Stefanou (2021-2023)

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1. Banking bail-out.
2. Closure of Cyprus Popular Bank.
3. Closure of Cyprus Airways.
4. Closure of Cyprus Cooperative Bank.
5. 2015–2017 Cyprus talks.

28 Feb 2018 - 28 Feb 2023 | Second Anastasiades Government | DISY |

1. GeSY implementation.
2. Minimum Wage implementation.
3. COVID-19 Pandemic.
4. EU Sanctions against Russia.
5. Pandora papers scandal.
6. Cyprus Confidential scandal.

28 Feb 2023 - present  | Christodoulides Government | Nikos Christodoulides

(born 1973)

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1. DIKO
2. EDEK
3. DIPA

| Annita Demetriou |  |

1. Amalthea Initiative

## Timeline

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## References

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1. ^ "Ιστορικό εκλογών 1960-1973 | BBC Greek". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
2. ^ a b c Solutions, BDigital Web. "Οι προεδρικές εκλογές από το 1959 ώς το 2018". Kathimerini.com.cy (in Greek). Retrieved 2024-07-01.
3. ^ "Ιστορία των Προεδρικών Εκλογών | News". 2019-06-25. Archived from the original on 2019-06-25. Retrieved 2024-07-01.

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