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Devlet Bahçeli

1948 - Today

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Devlet Bahçeli (born 1 January 1948) is a Turkish politician, economist, former deputy prime minister, and current chairman of the far-right, ultranationalist Nationalist Movement Party (MHP). An academic in economics from Gazi University, Bahçeli is a founder of the Grey Wolves, and was elected as the chairman of the MHP in the first congress held after the death of Alparslan Türkeş in 1997. He entered parliament for the first time in the 1999 general election as a deputy from Osmaniye, taking part as deputy prime minister in DSP-MHP-ANAP coalition between 1999 and 2002, and ultimately brought the government down. He resigned from his position as chairman when his party fell below the 10% electoral threshold in the 2002 general election, but was re-elected chairman in the 2003 congress. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Devlet Bahçeli is the 6,448th most popular politician (up from 7,753rd in 2019), the 577th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 680th in 2019) and the 296th most popular Turkish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Devlet Bahçeli ranks 6,448 out of 19,576. Before her are Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din, Chen Yun, Leland Stanford, Luís Cabral, Luis Arce, and Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta. After her are Leo V, King of Armenia, John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, Abdulla Aripov, Eannatum, Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord, and Antonio Salandra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Devlet Bahçeli ranks 144. Before her are Helmuth Koinigg, Frans de Waal, Hema Malini, Tony Gatlif, Joschka Fischer, and Hans Rosling. After her are Jimmy Choo, Robert Hübner, Robert Jordan, Ram Baran Yadav, Sérgio Vieira de Mello, and Peter Robinson.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Devlet Bahçeli ranks 577 out of 1,347. Before her are Şahin Giray (1745), İsa Çelebi (1380), Joe Strummer (1952), Theodora Komnene (1096), Bardas Skleros (1000), and Manuel Komnenos (1143). After her are Justinian (525), Leo V, King of Armenia (1342), Mustafa Balel (1945), Andronikos Doukas Angelos (1130), Theodora of Trebizond (1253), and Hrant Dink (1954).

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Devlet Bahçeli ranks 296. Before her are Fevzi Çakmak (1876), Atticus of Constantinople (370), Şahin Giray (1745), İsa Çelebi (1380), Theodora Komnene (1096), and Manuel Komnenos (1143). After her are Leo V, King of Armenia (1342), Andronikos Doukas Angelos (1130), Theodora of Trebizond (1253), Apollonius Molon (-200), Alexios III of Trebizond (1338), and Şehzade Korkut (1467).

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