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President
  
Died
  
2013, Ankara, Turkey

Succeeded by
  
Cahit Karakaş

Preceded by
  
Sabit Osman Avcı

Party
  
Republican People's Party

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Political party
  
Republican People's Party (CHP)

Alma mater
  
Ankara University, Law School

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Kemal Güven (1921-2013) was a former speaker of the Turkish parliament

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Early life

His family is from Erzincan. But he was born in Maçka (in Trabzon Province) where his father was serving as a civil servant in 1921. He graduated from the highschool in Kars in 1940 and the Law school of Ankara University in 1944. He was one of the earliest graduates of the faculty. He served as the public prosecutor in Posof, Tuzluca and Kağızman.

Political life

He attended the Republican People’s Party (CHP). In 1954, 1957 and 1961 he was elected MP from Kars Province. In 1965, he briefly returned to his profession in Ankara as the vice public prosecutor. In 1969, 1973 and 1977 he was reelected MP from Kars Province and served till the Turkish coup d'etat, 1980 on 12 September 1980.

In 1973, during the 15th term of the Turkish parliament he was elected as the speaker of the Turkish Parliament a post he kept till 1977.

Death

He died on 10 July 2013 in Ankara. Following the official ceremony, he was laid to rest in the Turkish State Cemetery.

References

Kemal Güven Wikipedia


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