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Serdar Denktaş

PEP · Politician

Serdar Denktaş is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Serdar Denktaş · Sərdar Denktaş · Сердар Денкташ · Сердар Дэнкташ · Սերդար Դենկթաշ				[sources]
Alias	Denktaş, Serdar · Serdar Denktas · Sərdar Rauf Denktaş · Денкташ, Сердар				[sources]
Birth date	1959				[sources]
Place of birth	Nicosia				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Country	Northern Cyprus				[sources]
Citizenship	Northern Cyprus · Türkiye				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Serdar				[sources]
Last name	Denktaş				[sources]
Political association	Democratic Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q2272256				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Assembly of the Republic (member, 2013-) · Member of the 11th Parliament of Northern Cyprus (2018-)				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-03	Last processed	2026-04-03	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus (born 1959)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2026-01-07

Relationships

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,554

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories340,703

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons272,227

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions500,334

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata328,010

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Rauf Denktaş Close Associate	father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Assembly of the Republic	-	-
Member of the 11th Parliament of Northern Cyprus	2018-01-09	-