Devlet Bahçeli MP |
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Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey | |
In office 28 May 1999 – 18 November 2002 |
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Prime Minister | Bülent Ecevit |
Served with |
Hüsamettin Özkan Şükrü Sina Gürel Cumhur Ersümer Mesut Yılmaz |
Preceded by | Hikmet Uluğbay |
Succeeded by | Abdüllatif Şener |
Leader of the Nationalist Movement Party | |
Assumed office 6 July 1997 |
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Preceded by | Alparslan Türkeş |
Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
Assumed office 22 July 2007 |
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Constituency | Osmaniye (2007, 2011, June 2015) |
In office 19 April 1999 – 18 November 2002 |
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Constituency | Osmaniye (1999) |
Personal details | |
Born |
Bahçe, Osmaniye, Turkey |
January 1, 1948
Political party | Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) |
Alma mater | Gazi University |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Economist, academic |
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Devlet Bahçeli (born 1 January 1948) is a Turkish politician who has been the chairman of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) since 6 July 1997.
An academic in economics at Gazi University in Ankara until 1987, he served as Deputy Prime Minister in the coalition government of Bülent Ecevit (1999–2002). Elected in the province of Osmaniye, he has been an MP in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey since 22 July 2007.
Born in the rural district of Bahçe in the province of Osmaniye, Bahçeli attended primary school there. He moved to Istanbul for his secondary education. Bahçeli received his higher education from the scientific academy in Ankara and his doctorate from Gazi University in Ankara. Bahçeli served as a lecturer for economics at Gazi University before entering political life in 1987.
In 1987, Devlet Bahçeli became a member of the board of the Nationalist Task Party (MÇP), which was officially renamed the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) during a congress on 24 January 1993. Following the death on 5 April 1997 of the founder and leader, Alparslan Türkeş, he became on 6 July 1997 the second chairman of the MHP. From 1999 to 2002, Bahçeli served as a deputy prime minister in the coalition government (DSP-ANAP-MHP) of Bülent Ecevit.