Mehmet Ali Şahin

Mehmet Ali Şahin
Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey
In office 9 August 2009 – 4 July 2011
Preceded by	Köksal Toptan
Succeeded by	Cemil Çiçek
Personal details
Born	September 16, 1950 (1950-09-16) (age 61) Ovacık, Karabük, Turkey[1]
Political party	Justice and Development Party
Religion	Islam

Mehmet Ali Şahin (b. 16 September 1950 in Ekincik village of Ovacık, Karabük) is a Turkish politician. He was the Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey between 2009 and 2011.^[1]

He was member of the parliament for three terms from Istanbul Province and from Antalya Province of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party). He earlier served as the Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister of Justice, and the Minister of State responsible for sports.^[1]

Şahin is a lawyer, a graduate of Istanbul University faculty of law, and before entering the parliament, he had been involved in regional politics serving as the mayor of Fatih district in Istanbul, with Welfare Party (RP), and later with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's Justice and Development Party.^[1][2]

On 5 August 2009, he was elected in third round as the 24th (27th, from the establishment) Speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly succeeding his party colleague Köksal Toptan.^[1]

He is married and has four children.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f} "Mehmet Ali Şahin artık protokolde iki numara" (in Turkish). Radikal. 2009-08-05. http://www.radikal.com.tr/Radikal.aspx?aType=RadikalDetay&ArticleID=948342&Date=05.08.2009&CategoryID=78. Retrieved 2009-08-05. 
2. ^ Newspaper Radikal (Turkish)

Political offices
Preceded by Şükrü Sina Gürel Devlet Bahçeli Mesut Yılmaz	Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey Nov 18, 2002–Aug 28, 2007	Succeeded by Abdullah Gül
Preceded by Köksal Toptan	Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey Aug 9,2009–Jun 12, 2011	Succeeded by Cemil Çiçek

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Name	Sahin%2C Mehmet Ali
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Date of birth	16 September 1950
Place of birth	Ekincik village in Ovacık, Karabük, Turkey
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