Kemal Güven

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Kemal Güven
Speaker of the National Assembly
In office
18 December 1973 – 5 June 1977
PresidentFahri Korutürk
Preceded bySabit Osman Avcı
Succeeded byCahit Karakaş
Personal details
Born7 December 1921
Erzincan, Turkey
Died10 July 2013 (aged 91)
Ankara, Turkey
Political partyRepublican People's Party (CHP)
Alma materAnkara University, Law School

Kemal Güven (7 December 1921

Turkish parliament
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Early life

His family is from Erzincan. He was born in Maçka (in Trabzon Province) where his father was serving as a civil servant in 1921. He graduated from the high school 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.[2]

Political life

He attended the

Turkish coup d'etat, 1980 on 12 September 1980.[3]

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.[3]

Death

He died on 10 July 2013 in Ankara. Following the official ceremony, he was laid to rest in the Turkish State Cemetery.[4]

References

Political offices
Preceded by
Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey

1973 - 1977
Succeeded by