- Cem Toker
Infobox_Politician
name= Cem Toker
party=LDP
birth_date=Birth date and age|1957|7|26|mf=y
birth_place=Istanbul
death_date=
death_place=
office = 6th President of the Liberal Democratic Party (Turkey)
term_start =June 20 ,2005
term_end =
successor =Incumbent
predecessor =Hakan Çizem Cem Toker (born
July 5 ,1957 ), is a Turkish politician and the new leader of Liberal Democratic Party of Turkey (Liberal Demokrat Parti, LDP). He was elected in the fourth ordinary party congress onJune 20 2005 .Early life and career
Toker was born in 1957 in
Istanbul . He graduated from British College, İstanbul and then earned his bachelor in economics fromArizona State University .He worked in finance sector and formed a company on international consultancy, guidance and language services.
Toker is single and has no children.
Political career
His political career in the LDP started in 1996. Toker served as an executive and the chairman of
Istanbul branch of LDP, He also served as the party's deputy secretary-general and secretary-general. From 2003 to 2005, he served as the deputy chairman of LDP.He is the architect of the LDP leaded umbrella alliance offer in
2006 cite web |first=Şakir|last=Süter
url=http://www.aksam.com.tr/yazar.asp?a=57254,10,11|title=LDP'den ittifak (Alliance from LDP, "Turkish")
publisher=Akşam
date=November 2 ,2006 |accessdate=2007-03-19] . He offered an alliance to 9 political parties both from left and right ((includingAnavatan andDemokratik Sol Parti ) for the basic values of republic against governing islamist party, AKP. The offer is still a possibility inTurkish general election, 2007 cite web |first=Can|last=Ataklı
url=http://www7.gazetevatan.com/root.vatan?exec=yazardetay&tarih=08.03.2007&Newsid=112041&Categoryid=4&wid=142|title=Cumhuriyet için birlikte ilk ses(First Sound at Alliance for Republic, "Turkish")
publisher=Vatan
date=March 8 ,2007 |accessdate=2007-03-19] .References
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