Emine Çolak

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Emine Çolak
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
16 July 2015 – 16 April 2016
Prime Minister Ömer Kalyoncu
Preceded by Özdil Nami
Succeeded by Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu
Personal details
Born (1958-03-09) 9 March 1958 (age 66)
Nicosia, Cyprus
Political party Republican Turkish Party
Alma mater University of London

Emine Çolak (born 9 March 1958) is a Turkish Cypriot lawyer who currently serves as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Northern Cyprus.

Çolak was born on 9 March 1958 in Nicosia. She studied law at SOAS, University of London and graduated in 1979, earning the right to work as a barrister in 1980. She started running her law office in Nicosia in 1982 and worked on several administrative, family, commercial, property and human rights cases.[1][2] She worked as a lawyer on contract in the Department of Promotion.[3]

Çolak founded the Turkish Cypriot Human Rights Association and was its chairperson when she was appointed as a minister. She served as a member of the Municipal Council of the Nicosia Turkish Municipality between 1994 and 2002, and coordinated the law commission in preparation for the Annan Plan for Cyprus in 2003 and 2004. She took part in bi-communal efforts beginning from 1990 and participated in the Turkish-Greek Forum in 2002. As part of her contribution to non-governmental organizations, she undertook work in areas of children's rights, women's rights, LGBT rights, rights of patients and rights of refugees. She is among the founding members of the Turkish Cypriot Association of Arbitration, Initiative against Homophobia, Association for Patient Rights and Association for Refugee Rights. She also served as the chairperson of the executive board of Sim Radyo. She was appointed to the High Judiciary Council by President Mehmet Ali Talat in 2007 and served till 2011.[1][2]

Upon her taking office as the Minister of Foreign Affairs on 16 July 2015 in the Kalyoncu cabinet, she became the first female Minister of Foreign Affairs of Northern Cyprus.[4]

Çolak has three children and speaks English and French.[1]

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Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Foreign Affairs
2015–present		 Incumbent
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