Salih Uzun
Salih Uzun | |
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Born | 1970 Kocaeli, Turkey |
Political party | Motherland Party |
Mehmet Salih Uzun (b. 1970 Kocaeli, Turkey) is a Turkish politician and former and final leader of the Motherland Party (Anavatan Partisi, ANAP).
Biography[]
Uzun was born in the northwestern Anatolian town of Gölcük in Kocaeli Province. He graduated from the Ankara University's Faculty of Political Sciences. After receiving his Master's degree from the same university, Uzun completed his PhD at Selçuk University.
Salih Uzun was elected 7th president of ANAP at the party congress on October 26, 2008. He served as leader until October 2009 when Motherland Party was merged to Democratic Party. He is succeeded by Hüsamettin Cindoruk, who is the leader of Democratic Party.
He is married and has a child.
External links[]
- Motherland party official website (in Turkish)
- Salih Uzun's personal website (in Turkish)
Categories:
- 1970 births
- People from İzmit
- Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences alumni
- Leaders of political parties in Turkey
- Living people
- Motherland Party (Turkey) politicians
- Democrat Party (Turkey, current) politicians
- Turkish politician stubs