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Turgut Özal

1927 - 1993

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Halil Turgut Özal (13 October 1927 – 17 April 1993) was a Turkish politician, bureaucrat, engineer and statesman who served as the eighth president of Turkey from 1989 to 1993. He previously served as the 26th prime minister of Turkey from 1983 to 1989 as the leader of the Motherland Party. He was the deputy prime minister of Turkey in the military government of Bülend Ulusu between 1980 and 1982. After working briefly at the World Bank in the United States and as a university lecturer, Özal became the general secretary and later the leader of the main miners' trade union of Turkey in 1979, serving as a chief negotiator during large-scale industrial action in 1977. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Turgut Özal is the 1,379th most popular politician (up from 1,427th in 2019), the 191st most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 198th in 2019) and the 104th most popular Turkish Politician.

Turgut Özal is most famous for being the president of Turkey from 1989 to 1993.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Turgut Özal ranks 1,379 out of 19,576. Before him are Jovian, Jiaqing Emperor, Richard of Cornwall, Vasili IV of Russia, Sasaki Kojirō, and Mohammed VI of Morocco. After him are Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, Getúlio Vargas, P. V. Narasimha Rao, Livilla, Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt, and Queen Seondeok of Silla.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Turgut Özal ranks 16. Before him are Peter Falk, Roger Moore, Samuel P. Huntington, Kim Young-sam, Robert Shaw, and Vladimir Komarov. After him are Mstislav Rostropovich, Ram Narayan, Sidney Poitier, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Angelo Sodano, and László Kubala. Among people deceased in 1993, Turgut Özal ranks 11. Before him are Rudolf Nureyev, James Hunt, Baudouin of Belgium, William Golding, Erich Hartmann, and Frank Zappa. After him are Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, Polykarp Kusch, Inge Lehmann, Anthony Burgess, and André the Giant.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Turgut Özal ranks 191 out of 1,347. Before him are Isaac II Angelos (1155), Apollonius of Tyana (15), Polycarp (69), Gregory Palamas (1296), Antinous (111), and Romanos I Lekapenos (870). After him are Michael VII Doukas (1050), Stilicho (359), Andronikos I Komnenos (1118), Alyattes of Lydia (-640), Leo IV the Khazar (750), and Malhun Hatun (1350).

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Turgut Özal ranks 104. Before him are Artemisia I of Caria (-500), John II Komnenos (1087), Süleyman Demirel (1924), Constantine IV (652), Isaac II Angelos (1155), and Romanos I Lekapenos (870). After him are Michael VII Doukas (1050), Andronikos I Komnenos (1118), Alyattes of Lydia (-640), Leo IV the Khazar (750), Kara Mustafa Pasha (1634), and Nabonidus (-555).

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