Mehmet Ali Şahin

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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]

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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

v t e Speakers of the Parliament of the Republic of Turkey

Grand National Assembly (1920–1960)	Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Fethi Okyar Kâzım Özalp Abdülhalik Renda Kâzım Karabekir Ali Fuat Cebesoy Şükrü Saracoğlu Refik Koraltan

House of Representatives (1961)	Kâzım Orbay

National Assembly (1961–1980)	Fuat Sirmen Ferruh Bozbeyli Sabit Osman Avcı Kemal Güven Cahit Karakaş

Consultative Assembly (1981–1983)	Sadi Irmak

Grand National Assembly (since 1983)	Necmettin Karaduman Yıldırım Akbulut İsmet Kaya Erdem Hüsamettin Cindoruk İsmet Sezgin Mustafa Kalemli Hikmet Çetin Ömer İzgi Bülent Arınç Köksal Toptan Mehmet Ali Şahin Cemil Çiçek

v t e Cabinet of Prime Minister Abdullah Gül (2002–2003)

Cabinet

Deputy Prime Ministers	Mehmet Ali Şahin • Abdüllatif Şener • Ertuğrul Yalçınbayır

Minister of State	Mehmet Aydın • Beşir Atalay • Ali Babacan • Kürşad Tüzmen

Minister of Justice	Cemil Çiçek

Minister of National Defense	Mehmet Vecdi Gönül

Minister of the Interior	Abdülkadir Aksu

Minister of Foreign Affairs	Yaşar Yakış

Minister of Finance	Kemal Unakıtan

Minister of National Education	Erkan Mumcu

Minister of Public Works and Settlement	Zeki Ergezen

Minister of Health	Recep Akdağ

Minister of Transport and Communication	Binali Yıldırım

Minister of Agriculture	Sami Güçlü

Minister of Labour and Social Security	Murat Başesgioğlu

Minister of Industry and Commerce	Ali Coşkun

Minister of Energy and Natural Resources	Mehmet Hilmi Güler

Minister of Culture	Hüseyin Çelik

Minister of Tourism	Güldal Akşit

Minister of Environment	İmdat Sütlüoğlu

Minister of Forestry	Osman Pepe

v t e First cabinet of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (2003–2007)

Cabinet

Deputy Prime Ministers	Abdullah Gül (2003–2007) Mehmet Ali Şahin (2003–2007) Abdüllatif Şener (2003–2007)

Minister of State	Ali Babacan (2003–2007) Güldal Akşit (2003-2005) • Nimet Çubukçu (2005–2007) Mehmet Aydın (2003–2007) Kürşad Tüzmen (2003–2007) Beşir Atalay (2003–2007)

Minister of Justice	Cemil Çiçek (2003–2007) • Fahri Kasırga (2007)

Minister of National Defense	Mehmet Vecdi Gönül (2003–2007)

Minister of the Interior	Abdülkadir Aksu (2003–2007) • Osman Güneş (2007)

Minister of Foreign Affairs	Abdullah Gül (2003–2007)

Minister of Finance	Kemal Unakıtan (2003–2007)

Minister of National Education	Hüseyin Çelik (2003–2007)

Minister of Public Works and Settlement	Zeki Ergezen (2003-2007) • Faruk Nafız Özak (2005–2007)

Minister of Health	Recep Akdağ (2003–2007)

Minister of Transport and Communication	Binali Yıldırım (2003–2007) • İsmet Yılmaz (2007)

Minister of Agriculture	Sami Güçlü (2003–2005) • Mehmet Mehdi Eker (2005–2007)

Minister of Labour and Social Security	Murat Başesgioğlu (2003–2007)

Minister of Industry and Commerce	Ali Coşkun (2003–2007)

Minister of Energy and Natural Resources	Mehmet Hilmi Güler (2003–2007)

Minister of Culture and Tourism	Erkan Mumcu (2003–2005) • Atilla Koç (2005–2007)

Minister of Environment and Forestry	Osman Pepe (2003–2007)

Persondata
Name	Sahin%2C Mehmet Ali
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	16 September 1950
Place of birth	Ekincik village in Ovacık, Karabük, Turkey
Date of death
Place of death

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