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Meral Akşener

1956 - Today

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Meral Akşener (née Gürer, Turkish pronunciation: [meˈɾal ˈakʃenæɾ]; born 18 July 1956) is a Turkish politician, teacher, historian and academic who is the founder of the Good Party (İYİ Party). Akşener first entered parliament as a deputy of the True Path Party (DYP) in the 1995 and 1999 general election, and served as the interior minister in the coalition government established by Necmettin Erbakan between 1996 and 1997. Distrustful of her coalition partner, she played a key role in the downfall of her own government in the 1997 military memorandum. Akşener entered the parliament as a deputy of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) in the 2007, 2011 and June 2015 general elections, serving as a vice-speaker of the Grand National Assembly from 2007 to 2015. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Meral Akşener is the 13,099th most popular politician (down from 12,628th in 2019), the 1,022nd most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 1,016th in 2019) and the 453rd most popular Turkish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Meral Akşener ranks 13,099 out of 19,576. Before her are Igor Sechin, Henri Jaspar, Konstantinos Kollias, Dezső Gyarmati, José Santos Zelaya, and Euthymides. After her are Kiến Phúc, Pierre de Decker, Claudia Marcella Minor, John of Nikiû, Terence O'Neill, and Ioannis Grivas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Meral Akşener ranks 232. Before her are Sharon Jones, Carlo Urbani, Peter Šťastný, Nathan Lane, Martin Jol, and Mark Rolston. After her are Elizabeth Strout, Gary Cole, Franz Tost, Dominique Blanc, Shigemitsu Sudo, and Bodo Ramelow.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Meral Akşener ranks 1,022 out of 1,347. Before her are Emre Belözoğlu (1980), Ariarathes I of Cappadocia (null), Hayranidil Kadın (1846), Hande Yener (1973), Siamanto (1878), and Uğur Şahin (1965). After her are İsmail Ogan (1933), Echion (-350), Zülfü Livaneli (1946), Paris Pişmiş (1911), Hrachia Acharian (1876), and Seyla Benhabib (1950).

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Meral Akşener ranks 453. Before her are Lucius Marcius Philippus (-150), Baltacı Mehmet Pasha (1662), Ali Fuat Cebesoy (1882), Basil Lekapenos (925), Dionysius of Heraclea (-360), and Ariarathes I of Cappadocia (null). After her are Gessius Florus (100), Krikor Zohrab (1861), Doğu Perinçek (1942), Mleh, Prince of Armenia (1200), Ahmed Vefik Pasha (1823), and Isaac Komnenos (1050).

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