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Meral Akşener Born 1956
İzmit[1]Nationality Turkish Education Istanbul University Predecessor Mehmet Agar Political party True Path Party (DYP) Meral Akşener (born 1956) is a Turkish former Minister of the Interior.
Biography
Akşener was born in İzmit in 1956 and she was educated at Istanbul University. Her post graduate work was at Marmara University Social Sciences Institution. She then worked on the faculties of a number of universities before entering politics.
She has been Minister of the Interior in 1996 as a result of the Susurluk scandal replacing Mehmet Agar.
References
Categories:- 1956 births
- Living people
- People from İzmit
- Ministers of the Interior of Turkey
- Turkish women in politics
- Istanbul University alumni
- Democratic Party (Turkey, current) politicians
- Turkish politician stubs
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