Mustafa Şentop
Mustafa Şentop (born on 6 August 1968) is a Turkish politician from the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) who has served as the Member of Parliament for İstanbul in the 24, 25, 26. Legislative Terms; for Tekirdağ in the 27. Legislative Term. 2012-2015 Deputy Chairman of AK Party. Chairman of Committee on Constitution in the 26th Legislative Term. 08 July 2018-24 February 2019 Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. On 24 February 2019, he was elected as the 29th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly.
Mustafa Şentop Speaker of the GNAT | |
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| 29th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey | |
| Assumed office 24 February 2019 | |
| President | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Deputy | Süreyya Sadi Bilgiç Levent Gök Mithat Sancar Celal Adan |
| Preceded by | Binali Yıldırım |
| Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey | |
| In office 12 July 2018 – 24 February 2019 | |
| Speaker | Binali Yıldırım |
| Serving with | Levent Gök Mithat Sancar Celal Adan |
| Preceded by | Ahmet Aydın |
| Succeeded by | Süreyya Sadi Bilgiç |
| Deputy leader of the Justice and Development Party responsible for election campaigns | |
| In office 30 September 2012 – 12 September 2015 | |
| Leader | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Ahmet Davutoğlu |
| Preceded by | Zelkif Kazdal |
| Succeeded by | Bekir Bozdağ |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey | |
| Assumed office 12 June 2011 | |
| Constituency | İstanbul (III) (2011, June 2015, Nov 2015) |
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| Born | 6 August 1968 Tekirdağ, Turkey |
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| Political party | Justice and Development Party |
| Alma mater | İstanbul University Marmara University |
| Website | Official website |
Early life and career
Mustafa Şentop was born on 6 August 1968 in Tekirdağ. He graduated from İstanbul University Faculty of Law and took masters degree and a doctorate in the field of public law at Marmara University. In 1993, he started to work in Marmara University Faculty of Law as research assistant. He got PhD title in 2002, became associate professor in 2005 and professor in 2011. Apart from Marmara University, he gave undergraduate and post graduate lectures in various universities. He took several administrative functions in Marmara University. Beginning from university years, he functioned as writer and editor in various journals and was the member of editorial board of academic journals and editor of referred journals. He also served as the Chairman of Istanbul Branch of the Economic and Social Research Centre (ESAM).
Political career
Şentop was elected as the member of Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Central Decision-Making and Administrative Committee at the 4th and 5th Party Congresses. He served as Deputy Chairman of AK Party from 2012 to 2015.
He was elected as Member of Parliament for Istanbul in the 24th, 25th and 26th Legislative Terms;, for Tekirdağ in the 27th Legislative Term.
He served as Deputy Chairman of Committee on Constitution. He took charge at Reconciliation Committee on Constitution as the representative of AK Party. He served as the Chairman of the Committee on Constitution in the 26th Legislative Term.
Serving as the Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in the 27th Legislative Term, on February 24th, 2019 he was elected as the 29th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey celebrating the centenary of its inauguration in 2020.
Şentop is fluent in English and Arabic.
He is married with four children.
See also
External links
- MP profile at the Grand National Assembly website
- Collection of all relevant news items at Haberler.com
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