Aytun Çıray
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Aytun Çıray MP |
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| General Secretary of the İYİ Party | |
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Assumed office 25 October 2017 |
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| Leader | Meral Akşener |
| Preceded by | Party established |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
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Assumed office 12 June 2011 |
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| Constituency | İzmir (II) |
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| Born | 1957 Bayındır, İzmir, Turkey |
| Nationality | Turkish |
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True Path Party (1995-99) Motherland Party (1999-02) Democrat Party (2007) Republican People's Party (2011-17) İYİ Party (2017-) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Ege University |
| Profession | Politician |
Aytun Çıray (born: 1957, Bayındır) is a Turkish politician who currently serves as the general secretary of the İYİ Party since 25 October 2017. He is currently a Member of Parliament for İzmir's second electoral district, having first been elected in the 2011 general election. He is a former member of the Republican People's Party (CHP) and the Democrat Party (DP).
Aytun Çıray was born in 1957 in Bayındır, a district of İzmir Province. He graduated from Ege University Faculty of Medicine and specialised in internal illnesses. He later worked as an undersecretary to the Ministry of Health and as an advisor to the Prime Minister of Turkey. He later joined the private sector and held positions in the executives of Petkim, Erdemir and İsdemir. He was the chairman on behalf of Turkey during the 2nd Health Plan loan agreement talks with the World Bank. He can speak French to an advanced degree.
In the 1995 general election, Çıray became a prospective parliamentary candidate for the İzmir electoral district from the True Path Party (DYP). In primary elections to determine the party's candidate lists, he placed third but was knocked back to fifth place by the order of the party executive. His party did not receive enough votes in İzmir for him to be elected.
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