Suat Hayri Ürgüplü
Ali Suat Hayri Ürgüplü (13 August 1903 – 26 December 1981) was a Turkish politician who served a brief term as Prime Minister of Turkey in 1965. He was also the last Prime Minister to be born outside the territory of present-day Turkey, being born in Damascus, which was then part of the Ottoman Empire.
Suat Hayri Ürgüplü | |
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Ürgüplü in 1939 | |
| 11th Prime Minister of Turkey | |
| In office 20 February 1965 – 27 October 1965 | |
| President | Cemal Gürsel |
| Preceded by | İsmet İnönü |
| Succeeded by | Süleyman Demirel |
| President of the Senate of Turkey | |
| In office 28 October 1961 – 6 November 1963 | |
| Succeeded by | Enver Aka |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
| In office 14 May 1950 – 1952 | |
| In office 26 March 1939 – 21 July 1946 | |
| Constituency | Kayseri (1939, 1943, 1950) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 August 1903 Damascus, Ottoman Empire[1] |
| Died | 26 December 1981 (aged 78) Istanbul, Turkey |
| Political party | Justice Party |
| Alma mater | Istanbul University Faculty of Law |
Early life edit
Ürgüplü graduated from Galatasaray High School. He was the descendant of a distinguished line of Ottoman religious scholars and administrators. His father was the celebrated Sheikh ul-Islam Ürgüplü Hayri Efendi, minister of religious affairs under the Committee of Union and Progress (or Young Turk) regime of 1913–1918.
Career edit
After a brief career as a judge, Ürgüplü entered the Parliament in 1939 and served as Minister of Customs and Public Monopolies in the Şükrü Saracoğlu cabinet in 1947–1948. He returned to the senate of Parliament in 1961 and was its chairman from 27 November 1963 to 6 November 1963. Ürgüplü was asked to form a non-partisan caretaker cabinet after the collapse of Premier İsmet İnönü's coalition government in 1965. The cabinet was formed on 5 February, and served until the parliamentary elections of 10 October, although it never received a vote of confidence in Parliament.
Ürgüplü continued to serve in the senate until 1972.
Death edit
Ürgüplü died on 27 December 1981 in Istanbul[2] and was interred at the Edirnekapı Martyr's Cemetery.
References edit
- ^ İrfan, Neziroğlu; Yılmaz, Tuncer (2014), Başbakanlarımız ve Genel Kurul Konuşmaları: Cilt 5, Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi, p. 34,
Suat Hayri Ürgüplü. 13 Ağustos 1903 tarihinde Şam'da doğdu.
- ^ "Suat Urguplu, 78, Dies; Ex-Premier of Turkey". The New York Times. 1981-12-27. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
External links edit
- Who is who database - Suat Hayri Ürgüplü (1903 - 1981)
- Biyografi.net - Biography of Suat Hayri Ürgüplü