Sabahattin Özbek Explained

Sabahattin Özbek
Office1:Minister of National Education
President1:Ferit Melen
Term Start1:22 May 1972
Term End1:15 April 1973
Predecessor1:İsmail Hakkı Arar
Successor1:Orhan Dengiz
Office2:Minister of Transport
President2:Naim Talu
Term Start2:15 April 1973
Term End2:26 January 1974
Predecessor2:Rıfkı Danışman
Successor2:Hasan Ferda Güley
President3:Sadi Irmak
Term Start3:17 November 1974
Term End3:31 March 1975
Predecessor3:Hasan Ferda Güley
Successor3:Nahit Menteşe
Office4:Minister of Interior
President4:Süleyman Demirel
Term Start4:10 April 1977
Term End4:21 June 1977
Predecessor4:Oğuzhan Asiltürk
Successor4:Necdet Uğur
Office5:Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
President5:Bülend Ulusu
Term Start5:21 September 1980
Term End5:13 December 1983
Predecessor5:Hasan Ekinci
Cemal Külahlı
Successor5:Hüsnü Doğan
Office6:Member of the Grand National Assembly
Constituency6:Bursa (1983)
Birth Place:Erzurum, Ottoman Empire
Death Place:Ankara, Turkey
Occupation:Politician
Alma Mater:Ankara University

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.

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.

Career

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

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. 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. On 29 August 2001, Özbek died in Ankara.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sabahattin Özbek. 10 September 2022. Biyografya. Turkish. 17 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210917061504/https://www.biyografya.com/biyografi/11164. live.
  2. Web site: Ahmet Sabahattin Özbek. 10 September 2022. Atatürk University. Turkish. 10 September 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220910144447/https://atauni.edu.tr/tr/ahmet-sebahattin-ozbek. live.