İbrahim Şevki Atasagun

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İbrahim Şevki Atasagun
President of Turkey
Acting
In office
2 February 1966 – 28 March 1966
Preceded byCemal Gürsel
Succeeded byCevdet Sunay
President of the Senate of Turkey
In office
16 December 1965 – 14 July 1970
Preceded byMehmet Enver Aka
Succeeded byTekin Arıburun
Undersecretary of Ministry of Health of Turkey
In office
16 January 1958 – 14 July 1960
Personal details
Born1899
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Died28 May 1984
Ankara, Turkey

İbrahim Şevki Atasagun (1899, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire – 28 May 1984, Ankara, Turkey) was a Turkish soldier and statesman.[1][citation needed] In 1966, he served as acting president for 55 days when President Cemal Gürsel underwent medical treatments in the United States.

Career

He graduated from

Gülhane Military Medical Academy. Brigadier general in 1953, and promoted to major general in 1956. He was appointed as the Head of the Land Forces Department of Health. He retired on 21 September 1957. Between 1958 and 1960 he served as the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health
.

In the election held on 15 October 1961 he was elected as a member of the Republican Senate

National Defense Commission in 1963 and 1964. He left his party between 4 June 1962 and 7 February 1963 and remained independent. After a while he returned to his party, but left again on 25 February 1964 and joined the Justice Party on 9 April 1964. He became the Vice President in the first election of the Presidential Board of the Senate of the Republic
held on 28 October 1961. He held this post until the election on 2 November 1962. He was elected as the President of the Senate of the Republic on 2 December 1965 and he continued this duty until 9 November 1970.

He acted as President of the Republic between 2 February and 28 March 1966, when President Cemal Gürsel was in treatment in the United States. He chaired the Senate Delegations, which officially visited Berlin, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Iran, Pakistan and Hungary at the invitation of the Parliament Presidents.

References

  1. ^ "Ibrahim Şevki Atasagun". TBMM (in Turkish). Retrieved 24 February 2024.

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Political offices
Preceded by Chairmen of the Senate of Turkey
16 December 1965– 14 July 1970 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Acting President of Turkey

2 February 1966– 28 March 1966 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Undersecretary of Ministry of Health of Turkey
16 January 1958– 4 July 1960 		Succeeded by
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