biography
pronunciation:
[oezal]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1927–93)
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| biography:
| Turkish politician and president (1989–93), born in Malatya, Turkey. He studied at Istanbul Technical University, and became under-secretary for state planning (1967). From 1971 he worked for the World Bank, joined the office of Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit (1979), and in 1980 was deputy prime minister within the military regime. He founded the Islamic, right-of-centre Motherland Party in 1983, and led it to victory in the elections. In the 1987 general election he retained his majority, and in 1989 became Turkey's first civilian president for 30 years. |
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