Murat Karayalçın

Murat Karayalçın
31st Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 12 December 1994 – 27 March 1995
Prime Minister	Tansu Çiller
Preceded by	Mümtaz Soysal
Succeeded by	Erdal Inönü
Deputy Prime Minister
In office 19 September 1993 – 27 March 1995
Prime Minister	Tansu Çiller
Preceded by	Erdal İnönü
Succeeded by	Hikmet Çetin
Personal details
Born	1943 Samsun, Turkey
Nationality	Turkey
Political party	Social Democratic Populist Party, Social Democratic People's Party
Alma mater	Ankara University University of East Anglia
Profession	politician

Murat Karayalçın (born 1943 in Samsun, Turkey) is a prominent Turkish politician. He is a former foreign minister (1994–1995), deputy prime minister, and a former mayor of Ankara (1989–1993). He is the founder (in 2002) of the new Social Democratic People's Party.

Karayalçın was educated at Ankara University and at the University of East Anglia where he graduated with a master's degree in Development Economics in 1977. He was elected leader of the Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP) on 11 September 1993, succeeding Erdal İnönü and served as the deputy prime minister briefly in the 50th government of Turkey. The party merged with the Republican People's Party (CHP) in 1995.

He was nominated by the Republican People's Party (CHP) as candidate for mayor of Ankara in the 2009 local elections, in which he gained 31.50% of all votes.

In 2002 he founded the new Social Democratic People's Party.

External links

• Biyografi.info - Biography of Murat Karayalçın (Turkish)
• Biyografi.net - Biography of Murat Karayalçın (Turkish)

Political offices
Preceded by Mehmet Altınsoy	Mayor of Ankara March 26, 1989–September 19, 1993	Succeeded by Vedat Aydın
Preceded by Erdal İnönü	Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey September 19, 1993–March 27, 1995	Succeeded by Hikmet Çetin
Preceded by Mümtaz Soysal	Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey December 12, 1994–March 27, 1995	Succeeded by Erdal İnönü
Party political offices
Preceded by Erdal İnönü	Leader of the Social Democratic People's Party (SHP) September 12, 1993–February 18, 1995	Succeeded by merged with the Republican People's Party (CHP)
Preceded by founded	Leader of the new Social Democratic People Party (SHP) May 24, 2002– November 4 2008	Succeeded by Hüseyin Ergün