Mustafa Akıncı, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Mustafa Akıncı

Turkish Cypriot politician and architect

Date of Birth: 28-Dec-1947

Place of Birth: Limassol, Limassol District, Cyprus

Profession: architect, politician

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Mustafa Akinci (Turkish pronunciation: [mustafa ak?nd??]; born 28 December 1947) is a Turkish Cypriot politician who is the fourth and current President of Northern Cyprus.
He took office in April 2015. An architect by profession, Akinci in 1976 became the first elected mayor of the Nicosia Turkish Municipality in Northern Cyprus, at the age of 28.
He defeated a candidate endorsed by President Rauf Denktas as the candidate of the Communal Liberation Party (TKP).
He held this position for an uninterrupted term of 14 years until 1990, leading several projects for the city that won him international awards including the Aga Khan Award for Architecture and collaborating with his Greek Cypriot counterpart.
Meanwhile, he rose to prominence and gained influence within his party, first becoming Secretary General and then leader in 1987.
He served as a member of the Assembly of the Republic between 1993 and 2009 and as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State between 1999 and 2001.
His leadership of the TKP ended in 2001.
He established the Peace and Democracy Movement in 2003 and served as its leader.Akinci is a long-standing advocate of the reunification of Cyprus and has opposed Turkey's increasing influence in Northern Cyprus.