Levent Gök MP |
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Parliamentary group leader of the Republican People's Party | |
Assumed office 22 August 2014 |
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Leader | Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu |
Serving with |
Akif Hamzaçebi (2014-15) Özgür Özel Engin Altay |
Preceded by | Muharrem İnce |
Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
Assumed office 12 June 2011 |
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Constituency | Ankara (I) (2011, June 2015, Nov 2015) |
Personal details | |
Born |
Balıkesir, Turkey |
24 October 1959
Nationality | Turkey |
Political party | Republican People's Party |
Education | Law |
Alma mater | Ankara University, Law School |
Levent Gök (born 24 October 1959) is a Turkish politician from the Republican People's Party (CHP) who currently serves as one of the three parliamentary group leaders for his party since 22 August 2014. He succeeded Muharrem İnce, who resigned to contest the 18th CHP Extraordinary Convention as a leadership candidate. He has been a Member of Parliament for Ankara's first electoral district since the 2011 general election.
Levent Gök was born in Balıkesir on 24 October 1959 and graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Law. Becoming a freelance lawyer, he was an executive board member of the Human Rights Association and also served as a delegate for the Turkish Bars Association. He is married with two children and can speak English at a fluent level.
Having served as the President of the Republican People's Party (CHP) Ankara Provincial Branch, Gök was elected as a CHP Member of Parliament for Ankara's first electoral district in the 2011 general election. He was re-elected in June 2015 and November 2015.