Oz Bengur

Osman "Oz" Bengur (born February 23, 1949) is an American investment banker and Democratic party politician. Bengur has served as Treasurer for the Maryland Democratic Party and was a candidate for Congress in 2002 and 2006.[1] He was also a 2010 candidate for Delegate in Maryland's 42nd District.[2] Bengur was the first American of Turkish descent to run for Congress in the United States.[3]

Raised in Montgomery County, Maryland, Bengur received a bachelor's degree from Princeton University as well a criminology degree from Cambridge University.[1] At age 30, he worked as an aide to Maine Governor Joseph E. Brennan.[4] Bengur was later named Deputy Director of the Maine Office of Energy Resources.[5] Bengur was an Alternate Delegate from Maine to the 1980 Democratic National Convention.[6]

Bengur was a candidate in the Democratic primary for United States Congress in Maryland's 2nd district in 2002. He spent $50,000 of his own money in the race, losing to Dutch Ruppersberger.[7] In 2006, he sought the Democratic nomination for Congress in the 3rd district.[8]

In 1991, Bengur co-founded Bengur Bryan & Co., an investment banking firm specializing in financing and mergers and acquisitions.[9] He is also Chairman of PJPA, LLC, a large Papa John's franchisee operating stores in Delaware and New Jersey.

See also
  • Maryland congressional elections, 2006

References
  1. Smith, Kaukab Jhumra (October 14, 2005). "Bengur joins field in District 3". The Gazette. Post-Newsweek Media.
  2. "Oz Bengur". ozbengur.com. Elect Oz Bengur Delegate. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
  3. Land of diverse migrations: challenges of emigration and immigration in Turkey. İstanbul Bilgi University Press. 2009. p. 170. ISBN 978-605-399-040-6.
  4. Karvelas, David (July 21, 1979). "The Letter May Have Brennan's Signature but a Guy Named Oz Bengur Wrote It". The Lewiston Daily Sun. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
  5. "Energy Policy Debated". The Bangor Daily News. May 7, 1981. pp. 1, 22. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
  6. Official report of the proceedings of the Democratic National Convention: Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, August 11 through August 14, 1980. Democratic National Committee. 1980. p. 48.
  7. Barone, Michael; Cohen, Richard E. (2005). The Almanac of American Politics. National Journal Group. p. 786. ISBN 978-0-89234-112-2.
  8. "Oz Bengur -- U.S. House of Representatives, Maryland's 3rd District". Baltimore Sun. August 19, 2006.
  9. "Professionals". bengurbryan.com. Retrieved January 11, 2011.


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