Vice-President of the Republic of Cyprus

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The Vice-President of the Republic of Cyprus is the constitutionally designated second-highest office in the Cypriot state, originally reserved for a Turkish Cypriot representative with specific executive powers and responsibilities.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Vice-President of the Republic of Cyprus canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf political office ⓘ
vice-presidential office ⓘ
appointmentMethod direct election by Turkish Cypriot voters (as originally designed) ⓘ
associatedConflict Cyprus dispute ⓘ
constitutionalAim ensuring participation of Turkish Cypriots in state governance ⓘ
constitutionalArticle provisions of the 1960 Constitution concerning the executive ⓘ
constitutionalCommunity Turkish Cypriot community ⓘ
linked to: Turkish Cypriots
constitutionalCommunityRepresentation Greek Cypriot–Turkish Cypriot power-sharing arrangement ⓘ
constitutionalFunction co-exercise of certain executive powers with the President ⓘ
deputy to the President of the Republic of Cyprus ⓘ
participation in the Council of Ministers ⓘ
veto powers in specified fields ⓘ
constitutionalGuaranteeType community-based power-sharing guarantee ⓘ
constitutionalStatus constitutionally designated office ⓘ
country Republic of Cyprus ⓘ
linked to: Cyprus
createdAlongWith President of the Republic of Cyprus ⓘ
linked to: President of Cyprus
deFactoStatus not exercised since the 1960s intercommunal crisis ⓘ
deJureStatus continues to exist in the Constitution of Cyprus ⓘ
electorate Turkish Cypriot voters ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus ⓘ
establishedIn 1960 ⓘ
executiveBranchRole member of the executive branch ⓘ
governmentBodyMembership Council of Ministers of the Republic of Cyprus ⓘ
governmentSystemContext bi-communal Republic of Cyprus established in 1960 ⓘ
hasLanguageContext Greek ⓘ
Turkish ⓘ
hasPower specific executive powers ⓘ
hasResponsibility specific executive responsibilities ⓘ
hasSuccessionRole succession to presidential functions under specified conditions ⓘ
legalSystem Cypriot constitutional law ⓘ
officeHolderCommunityRequirement must be a Turkish Cypriot ⓘ
officeNature ethnically designated executive office ⓘ
officeStatusSince1963 vacant in practice ⓘ
officeType non-ceremonial executive office ⓘ
positionInGovernment Government of Cyprus ⓘ
rank second-highest office in the Cypriot state ⓘ
reasonForVacancy withdrawal of Turkish Cypriot officials from the central government in the 1960s ⓘ
relatedOffice President of the Republic of Cyprus ⓘ
linked to: President of Cyprus
reservedFor Turkish Cypriot community ⓘ
linked to: Turkish Cypriots

Turkish Cypriot representative ⓘ
sharesPowerWith President of the Republic of Cyprus in certain domains ⓘ
symbolizes political equality of the two communities in the 1960 constitutional order ⓘ
termDefinedBy Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus ⓘ
termLength five years (as defined in the 1960 Constitution) ⓘ
vetoPowerArea defence ⓘ
foreign affairs ⓘ
security ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus → providesFor → Vice-President of the Republic of Cyprus ⓘ
Constitution of 1960 → createsOffice → Vice-President of the Republic of Cyprus ⓘ