Rulers of Cyprus
Ptolemy of Cyprus (c.80-58 BC)
Second Byzantine Period (965-1191)
Richard I (1191-2)
Kingdom of Cyprus (1192-1489)
Guy of Lusignan (1192-94)
Amalric of Lusignan (1194-1205)
Hugh I (1205-18)
Henry I (1218-53)
Hugh II (1253-67)
Hugh III (1267-84)
John I (1284-85)
Henry II (1285-1324) and Amalric of Tyre (1306-10)
Hugh IV (1324-59)
Peter I (1359-69)
Peter II (1369-82)
James I (1382-98)
Janus (1398-1432)
John II (1432-58)
Charlotte (1458-64) and Louis of Savoy (1459-64)
James II (1464-73)
James III (1473-74)
Catherine Cornaro (1474-89)
Venetian Period (1489-1571)
Ottoman Rule of Cyprus (1571-1878)
Ottoman Land, British Administration (1878-1924/5)
British Crown Colony (1924/5-60)
Republic of Cyprus (1960-present)
- Archbishop Michail Mouskos Makarios III (1960-74)
- Glafcos Clerides (acting for Makarios III) (1974)
- Archbishop Michail Mouskos Makarios III (1974-77)
Spyros Kyprianou (1977-88) - George Vasiliou (1988-93)
- Glafcos clerides (1993-2003)
- Tassos Papadopoulos (2003-08)
- Dimitris Christofias (2008-present)