Bulent Arinc
| Bülent Arınç | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey | |
|
In office 1 May 2009 – 28 August 2015 |
|
| Prime Minister |
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Ahmet Davutoğlu |
| Serving with |
Cemil Çiçek (2009-11) Ali Babacan (2009-15) Beşir Atalay (2011-14) Bekir Bozdağ (2011-13) Emrullah İşler (2013-14) Numan Kurtulmuş (2014-15) Yalçın Akdoğan (2014-15) |
| Preceded by | Hayati Yazıcı |
| Succeeded by | Tuğrul Türkeş |
| 22nd Speaker of the Grand National Assembly | |
|
In office 19 November 2002 – 22 July 2007 |
|
| President | Ahmet Necdet Sezer |
| Deputy |
İsmail Alptekin Nevzat Pakdil Sadık Yakut Yılmaz Ateş |
| Preceded by | Ömer İzgi |
| Succeeded by | Köksal Toptan |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
|
In office 24 December 1995 – 7 June 2015 |
|
| Constituency |
Manisa (1995, 1999, 2002, 2007) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
25 May 1948 Bursa, Turkey |
| Political party |
Welfare Party (Before 1997) Virtue Party (1997–2001) Justice and Development Party (2001–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Münevver Arınç |
| Children | Mehmet Fatih Ayşenur Mücahit |
| Alma mater | Ankara University |
| Signature |  |
Manisa (1995, 1999, 2002, 2007)
Bülent Arınç (Turkish pronunciation: [byˈlænt aˈɾɯntʃ]; born 25 May 1948) is a conservative Turkish politician. He served as the 22nd Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey from 2002 to 2007. He served as a Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey between 2009 and 2015.
He was born on 25 May 1948 in Bursa, Turkey. After finishing high school in Manisa, Bülent Arınç attended University of Ankara, earning a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1970. After his graduation, he worked as a freelance lawyer in Manisa. He is of Grecophone Cretan Muslim heritage with his ancestors arriving to Turkey as Cretan refugees during the time of Sultan Abdul Hamid II and is fluent in Cretan Greek.
Already interested in politics during his university years, Bülent Arınç ran for the deputy of Manisa in the 1995 general elections, and entered the Turkish Grand National Assembly from the Welfare Party (Turkish: Refah Partisi). He became also a member of the board of his party, and served in the parliament’s justice commission.
...
Wikipedia