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Rauf Denktaş

1924 - 2012

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Rauf Raif Denktaş (27 January 1924 – 13 January 2012) was a Turkish Cypriot politician, barrister and jurist who served as the founding president of Northern Cyprus. He occupied this position as the president of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus between the declaration of the de facto state by Denktaş in 1983 and 2005, as the president of the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus between 1975 and 1983 and as the president of the Autonomous Turkish Cypriot Administration between 1974 and 1975. He was also elected in 1973 as the Vice President of the Republic of Cyprus. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rauf Denktaş is the 3,787th most popular politician (down from 3,501st in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Cyprus (down from 7th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Cypriot Politician.

Rauf Denktaş is most famous for being the President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus from 1985 to 2005.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rauf Denktaş ranks 3,787 out of 19,576. Before him are Josef Terboven, Pál Schmitt, Coenus of Macedon, John F. Kelly, Juan Manuel de Rosas, and Julius Schreck. After him are Bruno Kreisky, Bohemond II of Antioch, Viracocha Inca, Alfonso II of Asturias, Eric Drummond, 7th Earl of Perth, and Emperor Richū.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Rauf Denktaş ranks 51. Before him are Jin Yong, Francisco Macías Nguema, Robert Solow, Carroll O'Connor, Christopher Tolkien, and Kim Song-ae. After him are Charlie Munger, Georg Ratzinger, Ante Marković, Eduardo Chillida, Ed Wood, and Roberto Eduardo Viola. Among people deceased in 2012, Rauf Denktaş ranks 53. Before him are Sven Hassel, Jean Giraud, Albert O. Hirschman, Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Dick Clark, and Rodney King. After him are Renato Dulbecco, Erland Josephson, Carlo Maria Martini, E. Donnall Thomas, Lucio Dalla, and Chadli Bendjedid.

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In Cyprus

Among people born in Cyprus, Rauf Denktaş ranks 8 out of 77. Before him are Zeno of Citium (-334), Ptolemy XII Auletes (-117), Makarios III (1913), Henry II of Jerusalem (1271), Nicos Anastasiades (1946), and Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus (1442). After him are Tassos Papadopoulos (1934), John the Merciful (550), John II of Jerusalem (1260), Michael Cacoyannis (1922), Peter I of Cyprus (1328), and Isaac Komnenos of Cyprus (1155).

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Among POLITICIANS In Cyprus

Among politicians born in Cyprus, Rauf Denktaş ranks 5. Before him are Ptolemy XII Auletes (-117), Makarios III (1913), Nicos Anastasiades (1946), and Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus (1442). After him are Tassos Papadopoulos (1934), John II of Jerusalem (1260), Peter I of Cyprus (1328), Isaac Komnenos of Cyprus (1155), Alparslan Türkeş (1917), Glafcos Clerides (1919), and Nikos Christodoulides (1973).

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