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Kemal Kilicdaroglu

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu
MP
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Leader of the Main Opposition
Assumed office
22 May 2010
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Ahmet Davutoğlu
Preceded by Deniz Baykal
Chairman of the Republican People's Party
Assumed office
22 May 2010
Preceded by Deniz Baykal
Vice President of Socialist International
In office
21 August 2012 – 13 December 2014
President George Papandreou
Country  Turkey
Preceded by Deniz Baykal
Succeeded by Umut Oran
Member of the Grand National Assembly
Assumed office
18 November 2002
Constituency İstanbul (II) (2002, 2007, 2011)
İzmir (II) (Jun 2015, Nov 2015)
Personal details
Born (1948-12-17) 17 December 1948 (age 68)
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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