Gündüz_Ökçün

Ahmet Gündüz Ökçün

Ahmet Gündüz Ökçün

Turkish politician

Ahmet Gündüz Ökçün (1935 – 26 November 1986) was a Turkish academic, diplomat and the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey.

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Biography

Ahmet Gündüz Ökçün was born in 1935 in Eskişehir, Turkey.[1] He graduated from Faculty of Political Sciences of Ankara University. He served in the same faculty as an academic and later as a dean. He was married and a father of two. He died on 26 November 1986.[1]

Political career

Ökçün at the opening ceremony of the NATO Council of Ministers in The Hague

Ökçün joined the Republican People's Party (CHP), and was elected as a deputy in the general election held on 5 June 1977 from Eskişehir Province. He was appointed as the Minister of Foreign Affairs on 21 June 1977 in the 40th government.[2] As the government failed to receive the vote of confidence, his mission in the ministry ended into just one month. However, the 42nd government of Turkey in the next year, which could receive the vote of confidence, he was able to resume the same post, and served between 5 January 1978 and 12 November 1979.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Ministry of Foreign Affairs page" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2011-02-22. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  2. [2]
    Parliament page for the 40th government
  3. [3]
    Parliament page for the 42nd government
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