| Aug 1570 | part of the Ottoman Empire | Leaders |
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| 12 Jul 1878 | British administration (under Ottoman suzerainty to 5 Nov 1914) | Leaders |
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| 10 Mar 1925 | British crown colony | Leaders |
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| 16 Aug 1960 | independence | Leaders |
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| 22 Jul 1878 - 23 Jun 1879 | Sir Garnet Joseph Wolseley | High commissioners (from 10 Mar 1925, governors) |
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| 23 Jun 1879 - 9 Mar 1886 | Sir Robert Biddulph | High commissioners (from 10 Mar 1925, governors) |
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| 9 Mar 1886 - 5 Apr 1892 | Sir Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer | High commissioners (from 10 Mar 1925, governors) |
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| 5 Apr 1892 - 23 Apr 1898 | Sir Walter Joseph Sendall | High commissioners (from 10 Mar 1925, governors) |
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| 23 Apr 1898 - 17 Oct 1904 | Sir William Frederick Haynes Smith | High commissioners (from 10 Mar 1925, governors) |
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| 17 Oct 1904 - 12 Oct 1911 | Sir Charles Anthony King-Harman | High commissioners (from 10 Mar 1925, governors) |
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| 12 Oct 1911 - 8 Jan 1915 | Hamilton John Goold-Adams | High commissioners (from 10 Mar 1925, governors) |
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| 8 Jan 1915 - 31 Dec 1918 | Sir John Eugene Clauson | High commissioners (from 10 Mar 1925, governors) |
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| 31 Dec 1918 - 30 Nov 1926 | Sir Malcolm Stevenson | High commissioners (from 10 Mar 1925, governors) |
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| 30 Nov 1926 - 29 Oct 1932 | Sir Ronald Storrs | High commissioners (from 10 Mar 1925, governors) |
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| 29 Oct 1932 - 8 Nov 1933 | Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs | High commissioners (from 10 Mar 1925, governors) |
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| 8 Nov 1933 - 4 Jul 1939 | Sir Herbert Richmond Palmer | High commissioners (from 10 Mar 1925, governors) |
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| 4 Jul 1939 - 3 Oct 1941 | William Denis Battershill Denis Battershill) (b. 1896 - d. 1959) | High commissioners (from 10 Mar 1925, governors) |
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| 3 Oct 1941 - 24 Oct 1946 | Charles Campbell Woolley Campbell Woolley) (b. 1893 - d. 1981) | High commissioners (from 10 Mar 1925, governors) |
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| 24 Oct 1946 - 4 Aug 1949 | Reginald Thomas Herbert Fletcher, Baron Winster (b. 1885 - d. 1961) | High commissioners (from 10 Mar 1925, governors) |
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| 4 Aug 1949 - 1953 | Sir Andrew Barkworth Wright | High commissioners (from 10 Mar 1925, governors) |
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| 1954 - 25 Sep 1955 | Sir Robert Perceval Armitage | High commissioners (from 10 Mar 1925, governors) |
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| 25 Sep 1955 - 3 Dec 1957 | Sir John Harding | High commissioners (from 10 Mar 1925, governors) |
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| 3 Dec 1957 - 16 Aug 1960 | Sir Hugh Mackintosh Foot | High commissioners (from 10 Mar 1925, governors) |
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| 16 Aug 1960 - 15 Jul 1974 | Makarios III (1st time) | Presidents |
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| 15 Jul 1974 - 23 Jul 1974 | Nikos Sampson | Presidents |
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| 23 Jul 1974 - 3 Aug 1977 | Makarios III (2nd time) | Presidents |
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| 23 Jul 1974 - 7 Dec 1974 | Glafkos Kliridis (1st time) | Presidents |
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| 3 Aug 1977 - 28 Feb 1988 | Spyros Kyprianou | Presidents |
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| 28 Feb 1988 - 28 Feb 1993 | Georgios Vasiliou | Presidents |
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| 28 Feb 1993 - 28 Feb 2003 | Glafkos Kliridis (2nd time) | Presidents |
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| 28 Feb 2003 - 28 Feb 2008 | Tassos Papadopoulos | Presidents |
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| 28 Feb 2008 - | Dimitris Christofias | Presidents |
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