Namık Kemal Zeybek

Namık Kemal Zeybek
Chairman of the Democratic Party
In office 2011 – present
Preceded by	Hüsamettin Cindoruk
Personal details
Born	1944 (age 66–67) Bayburt, Turkey
Political party	Democratic Party
Alma mater	Ankara University
Profession	Politician, jurist & former civil servant

Namık Kemal Zeybek (born 1944) is a Turkish politician and currently leader of the Democratic Party. A former civil servant as district governor, he was government minister in different cabinets.

He was born 1944 in the village of Kitre in Bayburt Province, northeastern Turkey. He graduated in 1966 from the Law School of Ankara University. After serving ten years as a district governor in several places, he was promoted to the undersecretary post at the Ministry of Customs and Monopoly. Zeybek worked then four years long as a coordinator in the private sector.

In 1987, he entered politics and was elected Deputy of Istanbul into the parliament from the Motherland Party. Between 1989-1991, he served as the Minister of Culture in the cabinets of Turgut Özal and Yıldırım Akbulut. Later in 1996, Zeybek was appointed again minister in the coalition cabinet of Necmettin Erbakan.

In 2007, Namık Kemal Zeybek joined the Great Union Party, and became its secretary general for a short time. In 2010, he entered the Democratic Party. At the 10th party congress held on January 15, 2011 in Ankara, he was elected leader of its party.^[1]

References

1. ^ "Demokrat Parti'nin 10. Olağan Büyük Kongresi Yapıldı-Namık Kemal Zeybek, DP Genel Başkanlığı’na seçildi" (in Turkish). http://www.dyp.org.tr/. Retrieved 2011-01-18. 

Party political offices
Preceded by Hüsamettin Cindoruk	Democratic Party (DP) January 15, 2011 – present	Succeeded by incumbent

Persondata
Name	Zeybek, Namik Kemal
Alternative names
Short description	Turkish politician
Date of birth	1944
Place of birth	Bayburt, Turkey
Date of death
Place of death