Yıldırım Akbulut
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Yıldırım Akbulut (1935), a member of the Anavatan Partisi (Motherland Party), is a former Prime Minister of Turkey and Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.
He was born 1935 in Erzincan, Turkey as the son of a postman. After finishing the high school, Yıldırım Akbulut was educated in Law at Istanbul University. Following his graduating, he worked as a free-lance lawyer.
Entered politics, Akbulut was elected to the parliament from Erzincan province. He served as Minister of Interior in the cabinet of Turgut Özal. He was then elected Speaker of the Parliament serving between December 24, 1987 and November 9, 1989.
After the election of Turgut Ozal as the President of Turkey, Akbulut became Prime Minister from November 9, 1989 until June 23, 1991. As president, Turgut Ozal was obliged to be nonpartisan, however, he still exercised power over the government. For this reason, Akbulut was mainly perceived as a "puppet" figure. There have been many funny stories about him, depicting him as a dumb, puppet figure.
On May 20, 1999, Yıldırım Akbulut was elected for the second time Speaker of the Grand National Assembly that lasted until September 30, 2000.
He is married with three children.
[edit] References
- Akbulut, Yildirim International Who's Who. accessed September 1, 2006.
| Preceded by Turgut Özal |
Leader of the Motherland Party 1989–1991 |
Succeeded by Mesut Yılmaz |
| Preceded by Necmettin Karaduman Hikmet Çetin |
Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey 1987–1989 1999–2000 |
Succeeded by İsmet Kaya Erdem Ömer İzgi |
| Preceded by Turgut Özal |
Prime Minister of Turkey 1989–1991 |
Succeeded by Mesut Yılmaz |
| Speakers of the Parliament of the Republic of Turkey |  |
|---|---|
| Grand National Assembly (1920 - 1960) Mustafa Kemal Atatürk • Ali Fethi Okyar • Kazım Özalp • Mustafa Abdulhalik Renda • Kazım Karabekir • Ali Fuat Cebesoy • Şükrü Saracoğlu • Refik Koraltan House of Representatives (1961) Kazım Orbay National Assembly (1961 - 1980) Fuat Sirmen • Ferruh Bozbeyli • Sabit Osman Avcı • Kemal Güven • Cahit Karakaş Consultative Assembly (1981 - 1983) Sadi Irmak Grand National Assembly (1983 - present) Necmettin Karaduman • Yıldırım Akbulut • İsmet Kaya Erdem • Hüsamettin Cindoruk • İsmet Sezgin • Mustafa Kalemli • Hikmet Çetin • Ömer İzgi • Bülent Arınç |
| Prime Ministers of the Republic of Turkey | |
|---|---|
| Turkish War of Independence (1920 - 1923) Mustafa Kemal Atatürk • Fevzi Çakmak • Rauf Orbay • Ali Fethi Okyar |
| Leaders of the Motherland Party |
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| Turgut Özal • Yıldırım Akbulut • Mesut Yılmaz • Ali Talip Özdemir • Nesrin Nas • Erkan Mumcu |
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