This article lists the successive Cypriot governments from the independence of Cyprus in 1960 to the present day.
Governments +DatesGovernmentPresidentGoverning PartiesOpposition LeaderKey Event(s)First Makarios GovernmentArchbishop Makarios III (1913–1977)Patriotic FrontEzekias Papaioannou London and Zürich Agreements. Cyprus' admission as a member state of Commonwealth of Nations. Cypriot intercommunal violence. Formation of UNFICYP. Battle of Tillyria .Second Makarios Government Patriotic Front AKELOdysseus Ioannidis EOKA B against Makarios. 1972–1973 Cypriot ecclesiastical coup attempt. 1974 Cypriot coup d'état.Samspon caretaker GovernmentNikos Samson (1935–2001)Progressive FrontNo opposition First Turkish invasion.Clerides caretaker GovernmentGlafcos Clerides (1919–2013)Eniaion Second Turkish invasion.Third Makarios GovernmentArchbishop Makarios III (1913–1977) Patriotic Front AKEL De facto independence of TFSC. Makarios-Denktaş Agreement.First Kyprianou GovernmentSpyros Kyprianou (1932–2002)DIKO Kyprianou-Denktaş Agreement.Second Kyprianou Government DIKO AKELGlafcos Clerides Rename of TFSC to TRNC.Vassiliou GovernmentGeorge Vassiliou (1931–2026)AKELFirst Clerides GovernmentGlafcos Clerides (1919–2013)DISYDemetris Christofias Cypriot S-300 crisis. Clerides-Denktaş Agreement.Second Clerides GovernmentPapadopoulos GovernmentTassos Papadopoulos (1934–2008) DIKO AKEL EDEK KOSPNicos Anastasiades Opening of the first crossing point of the Green Line. 2004 Annan Plan referendums. Cyprus accession in the EU.Christofias GovernmentDemetris Christofias (1946–2019)AKEL Naval Base Explosion in Mari. 2008–2012 Cyprus talks. Aphrodite gas field discovery. Cypriot Presidency of the Council of the EU. 2012 Cyprus terrorist plot. 2012–2013 Cypriot financial crisis.First Anastasiades GovernmentNicos Anastasiades (born 1946) DISY DIKO (until 2014) EVROKO (until 2016) Andros Kyprianou (2013-2021) Stefanos Stefanou (2021-2023) Banking bail-out. Closure of Cyprus Popular Bank. Closure of Cyprus Airways. Closure of Cyprus Cooperative Bank. 2015–2017 Cyprus talks.Second Anastasiades GovernmentDISY GeSY implementation. Minimum Wage implementation. COVID-19 Pandemic. EU Sanctions against Russia. Pandora papers scandal. Cyprus Confidential scandal.presentChristodoulides GovernmentNikos Christodoulides (born 1973) DIKO EDEK DIPAAnnita Demetriou Amalthea Initiative
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