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Bülend Ulusu
Bülend Ulusu
18th Prime Minister of Turkey
	In office; 21 September 1980 – 13 December 1983
President	Kenan Evren
Deputy	Zeyyat Baykara; Turgut Özal
Preceded by	Turhan Feyzioğlu
Succeeded by	Turgut Özal
Personal details
Born	1 July 1922; Üsküdar, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Died	23 December 2015 (aged 93); Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey
Political party	Independent

Saim Bülend Ulusu (1 July 1922 – 23 December 2015) was a Turkish admiral who was Prime Minister of Turkey from the time of the 1980 military coup to the time that elections were allowed in 1983.^[1]

Biography

Ulusu graduated from the Turkish Naval Academy on 15 October 1940 with the rank of a Sub-Lieutenant.

He attained the highest possible rank as admiral in 1974, and retired from the military in 1980 as the Commander of the Navy, he was appointed in 1977. As a prime minister he advocated for a closer relationship between Turkey and NATO as well as the member states of the Council of Europe.^[2]

Ulusu died on 23 December 2015, aged 93.^[3]

Political career

After 1980 coup d'état, Ulusu was named as Prime Minister of Turkey by military authorities. His cabinet remained in office until the 1983 elections.

References

^ Inc, Marquis Who's Who (1982-11-01). Who's who in the World. Marquis Who's Who, Inc. ISBN 978-0-8379-1106-9. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)
^ Kushner, David (1984). Landau, Jacob M. (ed.). Atatürk and the Modernization of Turkey. Westview Press, Inc./ E.J. Brill. p. 236. ISBN 978-90-04-07070-7.
^ "12 Eylül darbesinin başbakanı Bülend Ulusu hayatını kaybetti". NTV (Turkey). Retrieved 23 December 2015.

External links

Biyografi.net - Biography of Bülend Ulusu (in Turkish)

Military offices
Preceded by Hilmi Fırat	Commander of the Turkish Naval Forces 9 August 1977–10 August 1980	Succeeded by Nejat Tümer
Political offices
Preceded by Süleyman Demirel	Prime Minister of Turkey 21 September 1980–13 December 1983	Succeeded by Turgut Özal

[1] Inc, Marquis Who's Who (1982-11-01). Who's who in the World. Marquis Who's Who, Inc. ISBN 978-0-8379-1106-9. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)

[2] Kushner, David (1984). Landau, Jacob M. (ed.). Atatürk and the Modernization of Turkey. Westview Press, Inc./ E.J. Brill. p. 236. ISBN 978-90-04-07070-7.

[3] "12 Eylül darbesinin başbakanı Bülend Ulusu hayatını kaybetti". NTV (Turkey). Retrieved 23 December 2015.

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