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Bülend Ulusu

Bülend Ulusu
18th Prime Minister of Turkey
In office
21 September 1980 – 13 December 1983
PresidentKenan Evren
DeputyZeyyat Baykara
Turgut Özal
Preceded byTurhan Feyzioğlu
Succeeded byTurgut Özal
Personal details
Born(1922-07-01)1 July 1922
Üsküdar, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Died23 December 2015(2015-12-23) (aged 93)
Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey
Political partyIndependent

Saim Bülend Ulusu (1 July 1922 – 23 December 2015) was a Turkish admiral who was Prime Minister of Turkey from the time of the 1980 military coup to the time that elections were allowed in 1983.[1]

Biography

Ulusu graduated from the Turkish Naval Academy on 15 October 1940 with the rank of a Sub-Lieutenant.

He attained the highest possible rank as admiral in 1974, and retired from the military in 1980 as the Commander of the Navy, he was appointed in 1977. As a prime minister he advocated for a closer relationship between Turkey and NATO as well as the member states of the Council of Europe.[2]

Ulusu died on 23 December 2015, aged 93.[3]

Political career

After 1980 coup d'état, Ulusu was named as Prime Minister of Turkey by military authorities. His cabinet remained in office until the 1983 elections.

References

  1. ^ Inc, Marquis Who's Who (1982-11-01). Who's who in the World. Marquis Who's Who, Inc. ISBN 978-0-8379-1106-9. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ Kushner, David (1984). Landau, Jacob M. (ed.). Atatürk and the Modernization of Turkey. Westview Press, Inc./ E.J. Brill. p. 236. ISBN 978-90-04-07070-7.
  3. ^ "12 Eylül darbesinin başbakanı Bülend Ulusu hayatını kaybetti". NTV (Turkey). Retrieved 23 December 2015.
Military offices
Preceded by
Hilmi Fırat
 Commander of the Turkish Naval Forces
9 August 1977–10 August 1980 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Prime Minister of Turkey
21 September 1980–13 December 1983 		Succeeded by
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