Meral Akşener
| Meral Akşener | |
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| Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly | |
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In office 10 August 2007 – 7 June 2015 |
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| Speaker |
Köksal Toptan Mehmet Ali Şahin Cemil Çiçek |
| Served with |
Sadık Yakut Mehmet Sağlam Güldal Mumcu Ayşe Nur Bahçekapılı Nevzat Pakdil Eyyüp Cenap Gülpınar |
| Preceded by | Yılmaz Ateş |
| Succeeded by | Koray Aydın |
| Minister of the Interior | |
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In office November 8, 1996 – June 30, 1997 |
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| Prime Minister | Necmettin Erbakan |
| Preceded by | Mehmet Ağar |
| Succeeded by | Murat Başesgioğlu |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
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In office 22 July 2007 – 1 November 2015 |
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| Constituency | İstanbul (III) (2007, 2011, Jun 2015) |
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In office 24 December 1995 – 3 November 2002 |
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| Constituency |
İstanbul (1995) Kocaeli (1999) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 18, 1956 Izmit, Turkey |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Political party |
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) (2001-2016) True Path Party (1995-01) |
| Alma mater |
Istanbul University Marmara University |
| Occupation | Politician, academic |
Meral Akşener (born July 8, 1956) is a Turkish politician. She served as Minister of the Interior and was former a vice-speaker of the parliament. In 2016, she led a group of opposition within the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) against its leader Devlet Bahçeli.
Meral Akşener was born on July 8, 1956 to Tahir Ömer and his wife Sıddıka in Gündoğdu neighborhood of İzmit.
She studied History at Istanbul University. She completed her post graduate studies at the Social Sciences Institute of Marmara University earning a Ph.D. She then worked as a lecturer at the Yıldız Technical University, Kocaeli University and Marmara University before entering politics.
She entered politics with the general elections in 1995 as deputy of Istanbul Province from the Right Path Party (DYP). Akşener was the Minister of the Interior between November 8, 1996 and June 30, 1997 replacing Mehmet Ağar, who resigned as a result of his involvement in the Susurluk scandal.
Akşener was re-elected to the parliament in the 1995 general election as deputy of Kocaeli Province. Later she was re-elected in the general elections of 2007 and 2011 representing Istanbul Province as a member of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).
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