1. Sibel Siber served as the Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus between 13 June 2013, following the fall of the government of Irsen Kucuk in a vote of no confidence, and 2 September 2013.
15 Facts About Sibel Siber
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Sibel Siber was the first woman to occupy this post.
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Sibel Siber was the second woman to occupy this post, after Fatma Ekenoglu.
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Sibel Siber was born in Nicosia on 13 December 1960.
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Sibel Siber's father, Altay Adademir, was a primary school teacher from the village of Melouseia in the Larnaca District; her mother, Aysel Adademir, was a housewife from the village of Klavdia.
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Sibel Siber continually moved to different villages and cities in her childhood as her father was appointed to different schools.
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Sibel Siber lived respectively in Larnaca, Arsos and Klavdia, and moved to Tremetousia when she was seven.
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Sibel Siber graduated from the Tremetousia Turkish Primary School and enrolled to the Nicosia Turkish Girls' High School.
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Sibel Siber was admitted to the Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine of Istanbul University when she was 16, at a time when political incidents involving students were at their height.
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Sibel Siber completed the medical school and graduated as a physician on 5 April 1983.
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Sibel Siber completed her specialization in internal medicine in the Sisli Etfal Hospital in 1987, returned to Cyprus and started working at her private clinic.
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Sibel Siber's first published article, a critic of the healthcare system in Northern Cyprus, was published in 1983 in the newspaper with the highest circulation at the time.
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Sibel Siber promised a program that if she were elected, would ensure the reconciliation of Cyprus dispute.
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Sibel Siber saw the role of president as an important figure in order to solve communal problems.
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Sibel Siber referred to her previous term as the prime minister, claiming that she would pursue the same policy of openness, transparency and trust that she did during her term as prime minister.