Turkish political scientist, academic, and politician, 37th Prime Minister of Turkey

Ahmet Davutoğlu

Ahmet Davutoğlu is a Turkish academic, politician and former diplomat who served as the 26th Prime Minister of Turkey and Leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) from 2014 to 2016. He previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2009 to 2014 and chief advisor to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan from 2003 to 2009. He was elected as an AKP Member of Parliament for Konya in the 2011 general election and was reelected as an MP in both the June and November 2015 general elections. He resigned as prime minister on 22 May 2016.

Born

1959

February 26

Died

Living

Era

1950s

Country

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Ahmet, in brief

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Key dates

1959 Born

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320 Chandragupta I is officially crowned as the first Gupta Emperor.
364 Valentinian I is proclaimed Roman Emperor.
1074 Battle of Kemej: The royal army of Solomon, King of Hungary defeats the force of his rebellious cousin Duke Géza.

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The world in 1959

When Ahmet arrived

april 25 The Saint Lawrence Seaway, linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping.
april 8 A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper meets to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL.
april 8 The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.
april 9 Project Mercury: NASA announces the selection of the United States' first seven astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the "Mercury Seven".

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Same-day contemporaries

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Ahmed Zewail 1946–2016 Egyptian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1946) Anton Reicha 1770– Bohemian composer and flautist (died 1836) Bill Johnston 1922– Australian cricketer and businessman (died 2007) Christopher Marlowe 1564–1593 English playwright, poet and translator (died 1593) Giulio Natta 1903–1979 Italian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1979) Honoré Daumier 1808–1879 French illustrator and painter (born 1808) John Harvey Kellogg 1852–1943 American physician and businessman, co-invented corn flakes (born 1852) Margaret Leighton 1922–1976 English actress (died 1976) Mason Adams 1919–2005 American actor (born 1919)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1959

Aidan Quinn 1959– American actor Albert Owen 1959– Welsh sailor and politician Andrew Bolt 1959– Australian journalist Anna Escobedo Cabral 1959– American lawyer and politician, 42nd Treasurer of the United States Barry O'Farrell 1959– Australian politician, 43rd Premier of New South Wales Boris Nemtsov 1959–2015 Russian academic and politician, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (born 1959) Brad McCrimmon 1959– Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2011) Brett Bodine 1959– American NASCAR driver Colin Quinn 1959– American comedian and actor

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