Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu
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Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu MP |
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| Leader of the Main Opposition | |
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Assumed office 22 May 2010 |
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| Prime Minister |
Recep Tayyip Erdogan Ahmet Davutoğlu |
| Preceded by | Deniz Baykal |
| Chairman of the Republican People's Party | |
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Assumed office 22 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Deniz Baykal |
| Vice President of Socialist International | |
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In office 21 August 2012 – 13 December 2014 |
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| President | George Papandreou |
| Country |
 Turkey
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| Preceded by | Deniz Baykal |
| Succeeded by | Umut Oran |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
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Assumed office 18 November 2002 |
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| Constituency |
İstanbul (II) (2002, 2007, 2011) İzmir (II) (Jun 2015, Nov 2015) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
17 December 1948 Ballıca, Nazımiye, Tunceli, Turkey |
| Political party |
Democratic Left Party Republican People's Party |
| Spouse(s) | Selvi Gündüz |
| Children | Aslı Zeynep Kerem |
| Residence | Ankara |
| Alma mater | Kadir Has University |
| Profession | Bureaucrat |
| Religion | Alevi Islam |
| Signature |  |
| Website | Official site |
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu (pronounced [ceˈmal kɯɫɯtʃˈdaɾoːɫu]; born 17 December 1948) is a Turkish social democrat politician. He is leader of the CHP ("Republican People's Party") and has been Leader of the Main Opposition in Turkey since 2010. He served as a Member of Parliament for İstanbul's second electoral district from 2002 to 2015 and as an MP for İzmir's second electoral district as of 7 June 2015.
Before entering politics, Kılıçdaroğlu was a civil servant and served as the President of the Social Insurance Institution (SSK) from 1992 to 1996 and again from 1997 to 1999. He was elected to Parliament in the 2002 general election and became the CHP's parliamentary group leader. In the 2009 local elections, he was nominated as the CHP candidate for the Mayor of İstanbul and lost to the AKP ("Justice and Development Party") with 37% of the vote, where the candidate from the AKP got 44.71% of the votes. He was elected deputy chairman of the Socialist International on 31 August 2012.
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