Bülend Ulusu

Saim Bülend Ulusu (1 July 1922 – 23 December 2015) was a Turkish admiral who was Prime Minister of Turkey from the time of the 1980 military coup to the time that elections were allowed in 1983.^[1]

Bülend Ulusu
18th Prime Minister of Turkey
In office 21 September 1980 – 13 December 1983
President	Kenan Evren
Deputy	Zeyyat Baykara Turgut Özal
Preceded by	Turhan Feyzioğlu
Succeeded by	Turgut Özal
Personal details
Born	(1922-07-01)1 July 1922 Üsküdar, Istanbul, Turkey
Died	23 December 2015(2015-12-23) (aged 93) Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey
Political party	Independent

Biography

Ulusu graduated from the Turkish Naval Academy on 15 October 1940 with the rank of a Sub-Lieutenant.

He attained the highest possible rank as admiral in 1974, and retired from the military in 1980 as the Commander of the Navy, he was appointed in 1977. As a prime minister he advocated for a closer relationship between Turkey and NATO as well as the member states of the Council of Europe.^[2]

Ulusu died on 23 December 2015, aged 93.^[3]

Political career

After 1980 coup d'état, Ulusu was named as Prime Minister of Turkey by military authorities. His cabinet remained in office until the 1983 elections.

References

1. Inc, Marquis Who's Who (1982-11-01). Who's who in the World. Marquis Who's Who, Inc. ISBN 978-0-8379-1106-9. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)
2. Kushner, David (1984). Landau, Jacob M. (ed.). Atatürk and the Modernization of Turkey. Westview Press, Inc./ E.J. Brill. p. 236. ISBN 978-90-04-07070-7.
3. "12 Eylül darbesinin başbakanı Bülend Ulusu hayatını kaybetti". NTV (Turkey). Retrieved 23 December 2015.

External links

• Biyografi.net - Biography of Bülend Ulusu (in Turkish)

Military offices
Preceded by Hilmi Fırat	Commander of the Turkish Naval Forces 9 August 1977–10 August 1980	Succeeded by Nejat Tümer
Political offices
Preceded by Süleyman Demirel	Prime Minister of Turkey 21 September 1980–13 December 1983	Succeeded by Turgut Özal