Bülend Ulusu | |
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18th Prime Minister of Turkey | |
In office 21 September 1980 – 13 December 1983 |
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Deputy |
Zeyyat Baykara Turgut Özal |
Preceded by | Turhan Feyzioğlu |
Succeeded by | Turgut Özal |
Personal details | |
Born | 7 May 1923 Üsküdar, Ottoman Empire |
Died | 23 December 2015 (aged 92) Istanbul, Turkey |
Political party | Independent |
Saim Bülend Ulusu (7 May 1923 – 23 December 2015) was a Turkish admiral who was Prime Minister of Turkey from the time of the 1980 military coup to the time that elections were allowed in 1983.
Ulusu graduated from the Turkish Naval Academy on 15 October 1940 with the rank of a Sub-Lieutenant.
He attained the highest possible rank as admiral in 1974, and retired from the military in 1980 as the Commander of the Navy, he was appointed in 1977.
Ulusu died on December 23, 2015, aged 92.
After 1980 coup d'état, Ulusu was named as Prime Minister of Turkey by military authorities. His cabinet remained in office until the 1983 elections.