Zekai Apaydın
Zekai Apaydın | |
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Minister of National Defense | |
In office 29 December 1930 – 1 March 1935 | |
Prime Minister | İsmet İnönü |
Preceded by | Abdülhalik Renda |
Succeeded by | Kazım Özalp |
Personal details | |
Born | 1884 Bosnia, Ottoman Empire |
Died | 29 April 1947 Istanbul, Turkey |
Nationality | Turkish |
Zekai Apaydın (1884 – 29 April 1947[1]) was a former Turkish civil servant, diplomat and politician.
Early life
[edit]He was born in 1884 in Bosnia, then a nominal part of the Ottoman Empire under Austrian rule. He graduated from the İzmir highschool and the faculty of Political Sciences. He served in Uşak, Eskişehir, Mersin and Kayseri as the sanjak governor . Following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in the First World War, he resigned and joined the nationalists.[2]
Politics
[edit]He was elected to Turkish Parliament from Aydın Province and later from Diyarbakır Province. In the 2nd government of Turkey he served as the Ministry of Agriculture between 6 March 1924 and 20 November 1924.[3] In the 6th government of Turkey he served as the Ministry of Public Works between 27 September 1930 and 29 December 1930. But after a reshuffle in the government, he was appointed as the Ministry of National Defense on 29 December 1930.[4] He kept the same seat in the next government up to 1 March 1935.[5]
Diplomacy
[edit]After his term in the second government he was appointed as the ambassador to London in 1924 and to Moscow in 1925.
Death
[edit]He died in Istanbul on 29 April 1947.[2]
References
[edit]External links
[edit]Media related to Zekai Apaydın at Wikimedia Commons
- 1884 births
- 1947 deaths
- Ministers of agriculture and forestry of Turkey
- Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians
- Members of the 2nd government of Turkey
- Members of the 6th government of Turkey
- Members of the 7th government of Turkey
- Members of the 2nd Parliament of Turkey
- Members of the 3rd Parliament of Turkey
- Members of the 4th government of Turkey
- Ministers of national defence of Turkey
- Ministers of public works of Turkey
- 20th-century Turkish diplomats
- Ambassadors of Turkey to the United Kingdom