Rauf Denktaş, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Leader of Turkish Cypriots and founding President of TRNC
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Place of Birth: Paphos, Paphos District, Cyprus
About Rauf Denktaş
- Rauf Raif Denktas (transliterated as Rauf Denktash in English; 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 Denktas 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.
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