Meral Akşener

Meral Akşener
Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly
In office
10 August 2007  7 June 2015
Speaker Köksal Toptan
Mehmet Ali Şahin
Cemil Çiçek
Served with Sadık Yakut
Mehmet Sağlam
Güldal Mumcu
Ayşe Nur Bahçekapılı
Nevzat Pakdil
Eyyüp Cenap Gülpınar
Preceded by Yılmaz Ateş
Succeeded by Koray Aydın
Minister of the Interior
In office
November 8, 1996  June 30, 1997
Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan
Preceded by Mehmet Ağar
Succeeded by Murat Başesgioğlu
Member of the Grand National Assembly
In office
22 July 2007  1 November 2015
Constituency İstanbul (III) (2007, 2011, Jun 2015)
In office
24 December 1995  3 November 2002
Constituency İstanbul (1995)
Kocaeli (1999)
Personal details
Born (1956-07-18) July 18, 1956
Izmit, Turkey
Nationality Turkish
Political party Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) (2001- )
True Path Party (1995-01)
Alma mater Istanbul University
Marmara University
Occupation Politician, academic

Meral Akşener (born July 8, 1956) is a Turkish politician. She served as Minister of the Interior and was former a vice-speaker of the parliament.

Early life

Meral Akşener was born on July 8, 1956 to Tahir Ömer and his wife Sıddıka in Gündoğdu neighborhood of İzmit.[1][2]

She was educated in History at Istanbul University. She made her post graduate studies at the Social Sciences Institute of Marmara University earning a Ph.D. degree. She then worked as a lecturer in the faculties of Yıldız Technical University, Kocaeli University and Marmara University before entering politics.[2]

Politics

She entered politics with the general elections in 1995 as deputy of Istanbul Province from the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP). Akşener has been Minister of the Interior between November 8, 1996 and June 30, 1997 replacing Mehmet Ağar, who resigned as a result of his involvement in the Susurluk scandal.[2]

Akşener was re-elected into the parliament in the 1995 general election as deputy of Kocaeli Province, and again in the general elections 2007 and 2011 representing Istanbul Province.[2]

She was elected vice-speaker of the parliament alongside Güldal Mumcu, another woman politician, as serving at this post after Nermin Neftçi, who was Turkey's first woman vice-speaker elected in 1968.[2]

References

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