Abdullah Gül

Abdullah Gül (born 29 October 1950) is a Turkish politician. He was the President of Turkey, He served from 2007 to 2014. He was Prime Minister from 2002 to 2003, and as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2003 to 2007.

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11th President of Turkey
In office 28 August 2007 – 28 August 2014
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by	Ahmet Necdet Sezer
Succeeded by	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Prime Minister of Turkey
In office 18 November 2002 – 14 March 2003
President	Ahmet Necdet Sezer
Preceded by	Bülent Ecevit
Succeeded by	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
In office 28 March 2003 – 28 August 2007
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by	Mehmet Ali Şahin
Succeeded by	Cemil Çiçek
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 14 March 2003 – 28 August 2007
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by	Yaşar Yakış
Succeeded by	Ali Babacan
Personal details
Born	29 October 1950 (aged 75) Kayseri, Turkey
Other political affiliations	Welfare (1991–1997) Virtue (1997–2001) Justice and Development (2001–2007)
Spouse(s)	Hayrünnisa Gül (m. 1980)
Children	Ahmet Münir, Kübra, Mehmet Emre
Alma mater	Istanbul University University of Exeter
Website	tccb.gov.tr

Gül was born on 29 October 1950 in Kayseri, Turkey. He studied at Istanbul University and at the University of Exeter. Gül has been married to Hayrünnisa Gül since 1980. They had three children.

Abdullah Gül Media

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  U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullah Gül in the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., 2003

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  11th President Abdullah Gül

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  Chatham House Prize 2010: President Gül

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  Gül awarded "Statesman of the Year" by Queen Elizabeth II, 2010.

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  Abdullah Gül speaking on the Middle East at the Halifax International Security Forum 2014

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  Vector image to indicate no ribbon

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  Spange des König-Abdulaziz-Ordens

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  Order of the Bath (ribbon)

• Планка медали «10 лет Астане»

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  Order of Independence (Qatar) - ribbon bar

Other websites

• Presidency of the Republic of Turkey Archived 2007-08-24 at the Wayback Machine
• Abdullah Gül on Twitter