Bülent Arınç

Bülent Arınç
Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 May 2009 Serving with Ali Babacan and Cemil Çiçek
Preceded by	Hayati Yazıcı
Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey
In office 19 November 2002 – 22 July 2007
Preceded by	Ömer İzgi
Succeeded by	Köksal Toptan
Personal details
Born	25 May 1948 (1948-05-25) (age 63) Bursa, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Political party	Justice and Development Party (Turkey)
Spouse(s)	Münevver Arınç
Children	Mehmet Fatih (d. 1997), Ayşenur, Mücahit
Religion	Islam

Bülent Arınç Turkish pronunciation: [byˈlent aˈɾɯntʃ], (b. 25 May 1948, Bursa, Turkey) is a Turkish politician. He served as the 22nd house speaker of the Parliament of Turkey from 2002 to 2007. He is one of the State Ministers of Turkey and Vice-Prime Minister today.

Life and education

He was born in 1948 in Bursa, Turkey.^[1] After finishing the high school in Manisa, Bülent Arınç attended University of Ankara, earning a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1970.^[1] Following his education, he worked as a freelance lawyer in Manisa.^[1]

Bülent Arınç is married with two children, one of whom died in a traffic accident.^[2]

Entry into politics

Already interested in politics during his university years, Bülent Arınç ran for the deputy of Manisa in the 1995 general elections, and entered the Turkish Grand National Assembly from the Welfare Party (Turkish: Refah Partisi).^[1] He became also a member of the board of his party, and served in the parliament’s justice commission.^[1]

Following the closing of the Welfare Party by the Constitutional Court of Turkey on February 15, 1998, he transferred to the Virtue Party (Turkish: Fazilet Partisi). Arınç was elected in the 1999 general elections as deputy of Manisa, this time from he Virtue Party.^[1] He became a member of the foreign affairs commission of the parliament.^[1]

The constitutional court closed the Virtue Party on June 22, 2001.^[1] Bülent Arınç, along with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, co-founded the Justice and Development Party (Turkish: Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi) the same year on August 14.^[3] He was appointed speaker of his party’s group in the parliament.^[1]

Bülent Arınç was elected the third time deputy of Manisa in the general elections held on November 3, 2002. On November 19, 2002, he was elected Speaker of the Parliament.^[4] On May 1, 2009 he was appointed as State Minister Responsible for Foundations en TRT and Deputy Prime Minister in the second cabinet of Erdoğan.^[5]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i} "TBMM'nin yeni başkanı Arınç" (in Turkish). Radikal.com.tr. 19 November 2002. http://www.radikal.com.tr/haber.php?haberno=57105. Retrieved 13 January 2011. 
2. ^ "RP'li Arınç'ın acı günü" (in Turkish). Hurriyet.com.tr. 14 September 1997. http://hurarsiv.hurriyet.com.tr/goster/ShowNew.aspx?id=-264260. Retrieved 13 January 2011. 
3. ^ "Meclis'in 6. partisi" (in Turkish). Zaman.com.tr. 15 August 2001. http://arsiv.zaman.com.tr/2001/08/15/politika/politikadevam.htm. Retrieved 13 January 2011. 
4. ^ "İlk turda başkan" (in Turkish). Hurriyet.com.tr. 20 November 2002. http://hurarsiv.hurriyet.com.tr/goster/ShowNew.aspx?id=110697. Retrieved 13 January 2011. 
5. ^ "Erdoğan announces major Cabinet reshuffle". Todayszaman.com. 1 May 2007. http://www.todayszaman.com/news-174147-erdogan-announces-major-cabinet-reshuffle.html. Retrieved 13 January 2011. 

External links

• Official website (Turkish)
• TBMM profile (Turkish)

Political offices
Preceded by Ömer İzgi	Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey Nov 19, 2002–Jul 22, 2007	Succeeded by Köksal Toptan
Preceded by Hayati Yazıcı Nazım Ekren	Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey with Cemil Çiçek and Ali Babacan May 1, 2009–present	Succeeded by incumbent

Persondata
Name	Arinc, Bulent
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Date of birth	25 May 1948
Place of birth	Bursa, Turkey
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