| Özkan Yorgancıoğlu | |
| Office: | Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus |
| President: | Derviş Eroğlu Mustafa Akıncı |
| Term Start: | 2 September 2013 |
| Term End: | 16 July 2015 |
| Predecessor: | Sibel Siber |
| Successor: | Ömer Kalyoncu |
| Birth Date: | 1 August 1954 |
| Birth Place: | Lempa, British Cyprus |
| Party: | Republican Turkish Party |
| Alma Mater: | Istanbul University |
Özkan Yorgancıoğlu (born 1 August 1954) is a Turkish Cypriot politician who has been Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) between 2 September 2013 and 16 July 2015. He is also the leader of the Republican Turkish Party.
Yorgancıoğlu was born in 1954 in Lempa, a village in Paphos, the westernmost district of Cyprus, which was, at the time, a British crown colony. He studied at Istanbul University's Department of Economics and Public Finance, receiving his degree in political science in 1980.[1]
On 28 April 2005, Yorgancıoğlu was appointed Minister of Youth and Sports[2] in the cabinet of TRNC Prime Minister (PM) Ferdi Sabit Soyer, who served from April 2005 to May 2009. In 2011, he replaced Soyer as Chairman of the Republican Turkish Party.[3] After his party won the July 2013 legislative election, he became PM, replacing interim PM Sibel Siber on 2 September.[4]