Sabahattin Özbek

Ahmet Sabahattin Özbek (1915 – 29 August 2001) was a Turkish politician and academic who served five times as a minister in the 35th, 36th, 38th, 39th and 44th governments of Turkey. He entered the Grand National Assembly in 1983 and retired from politics in 1987. Prior to his political career, Özbek graduated from the Ankara University, became the first rector of the Atatürk University and a dean at the Ankara University.

Sabahattin Özbek
Minister of National Education
In office
22 May 1972 – 15 April 1973
PresidentFerit Melen
Preceded byİsmail Hakkı Arar
Succeeded byOrhan Dengiz
Minister of Transport
In office
15 April 1973 – 26 January 1974
PresidentNaim Talu
Preceded byRıfkı Danışman
Succeeded byHasan Ferda Güley
In office
17 November 1974 – 31 March 1975
PresidentSadi Irmak
Preceded byHasan Ferda Güley
Succeeded byNahit Menteşe
Minister of Interior
In office
10 April 1977 – 21 June 1977
PresidentSüleyman Demirel
Preceded byOğuzhan Asiltürk
Succeeded byNecdet Uğur
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
In office
21 September 1980 – 13 December 1983
PresidentBülend Ulusu
Preceded byHasan Ekinci
Cemal Külahlı
Succeeded byHüsnü Doğan
Member of the Grand National Assembly
ConstituencyBursa (1983)
Personal details
Born1915 (1915)
Erzurum, Ottoman Empire
Died29 August 2001(2001-08-29) (aged 85–86)
Ankara, Turkey
Alma materAnkara University
OccupationPolitician

Early and personal life

Born in 1915 in Erzurum, Özbek graduated from the Ankara University Faculty of Agriculture in 1937.[1] He was married and had three children. In addition to Turkish and English, he spoke German and French.[2]

Career

He became a professor in 1953, and became a dean at the Ankara University from 1955 to 1957.[3] He became the first rector of the Atatürk University on 1 February 1959 and kept that position until 26 September 1960.[4] He returned to being a dean at the Ankara University from 1965 to 1968,[3] where he also was a lecturer.[2]

His political career started when he was appointed as a member of the Senate of the Republic in 1973. Özbek remained a senator until 1978.[3] He was the Minister of National Education from 1972 to 1973, the Minister of Transport on two separate occasions from 1973 to 1975, the Minister of Interior in 1977 and the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry from 1980 to 1983. Özbek later entered the Grand National Assembly as an independent member of the Bursa district from 1983 to 1987 and spoke six times in the parliament. He retired from politics after 1987.[3] On 29 August 2001, Özbek died in Ankara.[1]

References

Citations
  1. "Sabahattin Özbek". Biyografya (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 17 September 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  2. Keşir, Ören & Sungur 2010, p. 1131.
  3. Saygın 2021, p. 1439.
  4. "Ahmet Sabahattin Özbek". Atatürk University (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 10 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.

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