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Ahmet Davutoğlu | |
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26th Prime Minister of Turkey | |
In office 28 August 2014 – 22 May 2016 | |
President | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
Deputy | |
Preceded by | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
Succeeded by | Binali Yıldırım |
43rd Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 1 May 2009 – 29 August 2014 | |
Prime Minister | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
Preceded by | Ali Babacan |
Succeeded by | Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu |
Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
In office 28 June 2011 – 7 July 2018 | |
Constituency | Konya (2011, June 2015, Nov 2015) |
Personal details | |
Born | Taşkent, Turkey | 26 February 1959
Political party | Justice and Development Party |
Spouse(s) | Sare Davutoğlu (1984–present) |
Children | 5 |
Alma mater | Boğaziçi University |
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Ahmet Davutoğlu (Turkish pronunciation: [ahˈmet davuˈtoːɫu] (listen); born 26 February 1959) is a Turkish politician. He was the Prime Minister of Turkey and leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) from August 2014 to May 2016.
Davutoğlu was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2009 to 2014. He was elected as an AKP Member of Parliament for Konya in 2011 and was re-elected as an MP in 2015. He resigned as Prime Minister on 22 May 2016.[1]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "PM Ahmet Davutoğlu Announces Resignation". Research Turkey. Archived from the original on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2016.