İsmet İnönü
Appearance
Millî Şef İsmet İnönü | |
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2nd President of Turkey | |
In office 11 November 1938 – 27 May 1950 | |
Prime Minister | Celal Bayar Refik Saydam Ahmet Fikri Tüzer Şükrü Saracoğlu Recep Peker Hasan Saka Şemsettin Günaltay |
Preceded by | Mustafa Kemal Atatürk |
Succeeded by | Celal Bayar |
1st Prime Minister of Turkey | |
In office 20 November 1961 – 20 February 1965 | |
President | Cemal Gürsel |
Preceded by | Emin Fahrettin Özdilek |
Succeeded by | Suat Hayri Ürgüplü |
In office 4 March 1925 – 25 October 1937 | |
President | Mustafa Kemal Atatürk |
Preceded by | Ali Fethi Okyar |
Succeeded by | Celal Bayar |
In office 30 October 1923 – 22 November 1924 | |
President | Mustafa Kemal Atatürk |
Preceded by | Ali Fethi Okyar (as Prime Minister of the Government of the Grand National Assembly) |
Succeeded by | Ali Fethi Okyar |
2nd Leader of the Republican People's Party | |
In office 10 November 1938 – 8 May 1972 | |
Preceded by | Mustafa Kemal Atatürk |
Succeeded by | Bülent Ecevit |
Chief of the General Staff of Turkey | |
In office 20 May 1920 – 3 August 1921 | |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Fevzi Çakmak |
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey | |
In office 26 October 1922 – 21 November 1924 | |
Prime Minister | Rauf Orbay Ali Fethi Okyar |
Preceded by | Yusuf Kemal Tengirşenk |
Succeeded by | Şükrü Kaya |
Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
In office 15 October 1961 – 20 November 1972 | |
Constituency | Malatya (1961, 1965, 1969) |
In office 14 May 1950 – 27 May 1960 | |
Constituency | Malatya (1950, 1954, 1957) |
In office 28 June 1923 – 10 November 1938 | |
Constituency | Edirne (1923, 1927, 1931, 1935) |
Personal details | |
Born | Mustafa İsmet 24 September 1884 İzmir, Aidin Vilayet, Ottoman Empire |
Died | 25 December 1973 Ankara, Turkey | (aged 89)
Cause of death | Heart attack |
Resting place | Anıtkabir, Ankara |
Nationality | Turkish |
Political party | Republican People's Party |
Spouse(s) | Mevhibe İnönü |
Children | 4, including Erdal İnönü |
Signature | |
Military service | |
Allegiance | |
Branch/service | |
Rank | Orgeneral |
Battles/wars | World War I Turkish War of Independence |
Mustafa İsmet İnönü (24 September 1884 – 25 December 1973) was a Turkish politician and military officer, who was the first Prime Minister and second President of Turkey. In 1938, Republican People's Party gave him "National Chief" title.
İsmet İnönü was by the standards of his time a highly educated man, speaking Arabic, English, French and German in addition to his native Turkish. His resting place is in Anıtkabir with Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. He was close friend of Atatürk. He had two sons, Erdal and Ömer.
Photograph gallery
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İnönü (left) and Atatürk in 1936
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İsmet İnönü's tomb in Anıtkabir
Other websites
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