İsmail Kahraman
İsmail Kahraman | |
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Kahraman in 2016 | |
| 27th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly | |
| In office 22 November 2015 – 9 July 2018 | |
| President | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Deputy | Ahmet Aydın Ayşe Nur Bahçekapılı Akif Hamzaçebi (2015-17) Yaşar Tüzün (2017-18) Pervin Buldan (2015-18) Mithat Sancar (2018) |
| Preceded by | İsmet Yılmaz |
| Succeeded by | Binali Yıldırım |
| Minister of Culture | |
| In office 28 June 1996 – 30 June 1997 | |
| Prime Minister | Necmettin Erbakan |
| Preceded by | Agah Oktay Güner |
| Succeeded by | İstemihan Talay |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
| In office 1 November 2015 – 9 July 2018 | |
| Constituency | Istanbul (I) (Nov 2015) |
| In office 24 December 1995 – 3 November 2002 | |
| Constituency | Istanbul (1995, 1999) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 December 1940 İkizdere, Rize, Turkey |
| Political party | Welfare Party (1995-97) Virtue Party (1997-02) Justice and Development Party (2002-present) |
| Children | 4 |
| Education | Law |
| Alma mater | Istanbul University |
İsmail Kahraman (born 7 December 1940) is a Turkish politician from the AK Party who served as the 27th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly from 22 November 2015 to 9 July 2018. He has been the Member of Parliament for Istanbul's first electoral district since 1 November 2015, having previously served as an MP for Istanbul between 1995 and 2002. He also served as Minister of Culture from 1996 to 1997 in the government of Necmettin Erbakan as a member of the Islamist Welfare Party.