Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu
Turkish politician (born 1948)
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- Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu ( Turkish pronunciation: [ceˈmal kɯˌɫɯtʃˈdaɾoːɫu] ; born 17 December 1948), also referred to by his initials KK , is a Turkish politician who served as the leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP) from 2010 to 2023.
- He served as a member of parliament for Istanbul's second electoral district from 2002 to 2015, and as an MP for İzmir's second electoral district from 2015 to 2023.
- He was elected to Parliament in the 2002 general election and became the CHP's parliamentary group leader.
- After Deniz Baykal resigned as the party's leader in 2010, Kılıçdaroğlu announced his candidacy and was unanimously elected as the leader of the CHP.
- He was seen as likely to modernize the CHP.
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WikipediaKemal Kılıçdaroğlu (Turkish pronunciation: [ceˈmal kɯˌɫɯtʃˈdaɾoːɫu] ; born 17 December 1948), also referred to by his initials KK, is a Turkish politician who served as the leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP) from 2010 to 2023. He was Leader of the Main Opposition in Turkey between 2010 and 2023. He served as a member of parliament for Istanbul's second electoral district from 2002 to 2015, and as an MP for İzmir's second electoral district from 2015 to 2023.
Before entering politics, Kılıçdaroğlu was a civil servant and served as the director-general of the Social Security Institution from 1992 to 1999. He was elected to Parliament in the 2002 general election and became the CHP's parliamentary group leader. In the 2009 local elections, he was nominated as the CHP candidate to run for Mayor of İstanbul, but lost to the AKP candidate.
After Deniz Baykal resigned as the party's leader in 2010, Kılıçdaroğlu announced his candidacy and was unanimously elected as the leader of the CHP. He was elected deputy chairman of the Socialist International in August 2012. He was seen as likely to modernize the CHP. Although the CHP saw a subsequent increase in its vote share, it was unable to unseat the ruling AKP.
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