Turgut Özal
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His Excellency Turgut Özal |
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| 8th President of Turkey | |
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In office 9 November 1989 – 17 April 1993 |
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| Prime Minister |
Yıldırım Akbulut Mesut Yılmaz Süleyman Demirel |
| Preceded by | Kenan Evren |
| Succeeded by | Süleyman Demirel |
| 19th Prime Minister of Turkey | |
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In office 13 December 1983 – 31 October 1989 |
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| President | Kenan Evren |
| Deputy |
Kaya Erdem Ali Bozer |
| Preceded by | Bülend Ulusu |
| Succeeded by | Yıldırım Akbulut |
| Leader of the Motherland Party | |
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In office 20 May 1983 – 31 October 1989 |
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| Preceded by | Party established |
| Succeeded by | Yıldırım Akbulut |
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Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey serving alongside Zeyyat Baykara |
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In office 20 September 1980 – 14 July 1982 |
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| Prime Minister | Bülend Ulusu |
| Preceded by | Turhan Feyzioğlu |
| Succeeded by | Kaya Erdem |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
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In office 6 November 1983 – 9 November 1989 |
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| Constituency | Istanbul (1983, 1987) |
| Personal details | |
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13 October 1927 Malatya, Turkey |
| Died | 17 April 1993 (aged 65) Ankara, Turkey |
| Political party | ANAP |
| Spouse(s) | Ayhan İnal (m. 1952, div. 1952) Semra Özal (m. 1954) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Istanbul Technical University |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
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Halil Turgut Özal (Turkish pronunciation: [tuɾˈɡut øˈzaɫ]; 13 October 1927 – 17 April 1993) was the 8th President of Turkey from 1989 to 1993. He previously served as the 26th Prime Minister of Turkey from 1983 to 1989 as the leader of the Motherland Party. He was the Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey in the military government of Bülend Ulusu between 1980 and 1982.
After working briefly at the World Bank in the United States and as a university lecturer, Özal became the general secretary and later the leader of the main miners' trade union of Turkey in 1979, serving as a chief negotiator during large-scale industrial action in 1977. He unsuccessfully stood for Parliament in the 1977 general election as a National Salvation Party (MSP) candidate from İzmir. In 1979, he became an undersecretary to Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel's minority government until the 1980 military coup. As an undersecretary, he played a major role in developing economic reforms, known as the '24 January decisions,' which paved the way for greater economic liberalism of the Turkish economy. After the coup, he was appointed as the Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey responsible for the economy in Bülent Ulusu's and continued to implement economic reforms. He resigned in 1982 following disagreements over economic policy.
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