Muharrem İnce
Muharrem İnce | |
|---|---|
İnce in 2023 | |
| Leader of the Memleket Party | |
| Assumed office 17 May 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Parliamentary deputy group leader of the Republican People's Party | |
| In office 1 June 2010 – 18 August 2014 | |
| Leader | Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu |
| Served with | Akif Hamzaçebi Engin Altay Emine Ülker Tarhan Kemal Anadol |
| Preceded by | Hakkı Suha Okay |
| Succeeded by | Levent Gök |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
| In office 19 November 2002 – 7 July 2018 | |
| Constituency | Yalova (2002, 2007, 2011, June 2015, Nov. 2015) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 May 1964 Elmalık, Yalova, Turkey |
| Political party | Memleket Party (2021-) |
| Other political affiliations | SODEP (1983–1985) SHP (1985–1992) CHP (1992–2021) |
| Spouse | Ülkü İnce |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | Balıkesir University |
| Website | www.muharremince.com.tr |
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Muharrem İnce (Turkish: [inˈdʒe]; born 4 May 1964) is a Turkish physics teacher, school principal, sport executive, and politician. He is the founder and the incumbent leader of the Homeland Party since May 2021. Formerly a four term Republican People's Party (Turkish: Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, CHP) MP for Yalova, his hometown, he also served as the CHP's parliamentary group deputy chairman between June 2010 and August 2014.
İnce has stood for election as CHP chairman twice against former chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu: first in September 2014 following the party's loss in the Turkish presidential election on 18 August 2014, and later in February 2018.
As the presidential candidate of the CHP in the 2018 Turkish presidential election, İnce received just over 30 percent of the votes, placing second behind outright first-round winner Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, with 53 percent. In 2023, İnce stood for president again, but as an independent candidate. However, before the election day, he suspended his campaign.