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Yıldırım Akbulut

1935 - 2021

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Yıldırım Akbulut (Turkish pronunciation: [jɯɫdɯˈɾɯm akbuˈɫut]; 2 September 1935 – 14 April 2021) was a Turkish politician, who was a leader of the Motherland Party (ANAP), the Prime Minister of Turkey, and twice the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. A lawyer by profession, Akbulut was one of the founding members of the Motherland Party in 1983. Entering Parliament in the 1983 general election, he became the Minister of the Interior under Prime Minister and ANAP leader Turgut Özal in 1984. Serving until 1987, Akbulut was then fielded as his party's candidate for Parliamentary speaker, which he won and subsequently served until 1989. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yıldırım Akbulut is the 11,088th most popular politician (up from 12,351st in 2019), the 886th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 993rd in 2019) and the 416th most popular Turkish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yıldırım Akbulut ranks 11,088 out of 19,576. Before him are Marcus Valerius Corvus, Louis VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Fritz Hollings, Shoshenq V, Rainald of Dassel, and Jelle Zijlstra. After him are Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, Alcetas II of Epirus, Ada, Countess of Holland, Fakhr al-Din II, Licinius Valerianus, and Christopher, Count of Oldenburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Yıldırım Akbulut ranks 194. Before him are Károly Palotai, Rashad Khalifa, Yvon Douis, Bobby Morrow, Milena Vukotic, and Jack Welch. After him are Rodrigo Borja Cevallos, Katalin Szőke, Sadiq al-Mahdi, Juan Bautista Agüero, Zeev Sternhell, and Nicola Cabibbo. Among people deceased in 2021, Yıldırım Akbulut ranks 230. Before him are Yvon Douis, Sándor Puhl, Justo Gallego Martínez, Nino Vaccarella, Gunilla Bergström, and Benoît Sokal. After him are Jean-Pierre Adams, Pavol Molnár, Kamal Ganzouri, Clément Mouamba, Gianluigi Saccaro, and Lucía Hiriart.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Yıldırım Akbulut ranks 886 out of 1,347. Before him are Diphilus (-350), Deniz Baykal (1938), Isaac Komnenos (1093), Damat Ferid Pasha (1853), Eudoxius of Antioch (300), and Ariarathes V of Cappadocia (-200). After him are Demetrios Ypsilantis (1793), Alypius the Stylite (700), Arsenios Autoreianos (1200), Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin (1857), Anthimus VI of Constantinople (1782), and Gazi Yaşargil (1925).

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Yıldırım Akbulut ranks 416. Before him are Ino Anastasia (600), Ptolemy Epigonos (-300), Deniz Baykal (1938), Isaac Komnenos (1093), Damat Ferid Pasha (1853), and Ariarathes V of Cappadocia (-200). After him are Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin (1857), Mehmed Orhan (1909), Theodotus I of Constantinople (null), John III of Trebizond (1321), Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha (1666), and Armen Garo (1872).

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