Ali Tanrıyar

Ali Tanrıyar (born 1914 in Kavala) is a Turkish politician, former interior minister of Turkey and former chairman of the Turkish sports club Galatasaray.

After graduating from Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine he worked as consultant in Taksim Hospital. He was one of the founders of Motherland Party and twice elected as member of national parliement. He was the Interior Minister of Özal government. In 1986 he was elected as Galatasaray president until 1990. Galatasaray won two league titles and two national super cups, while Tanrıyar was the president. He is married and has one child.

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Preceded by Selahattin Çetiner	Interior Minister of Turkey 1983–1984	Succeeded by Yıldırım Akbulut
Preceded by Ali Uras	President of Galatasaray S.K. 1986–1990	Succeeded by Alp Yalman