Muharrem İnce
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Muharrem İnce (Turkish: [inˈdʒe]; born 4 May 1964) is a Turkish physics teacher, school principal, sport executive, and politician. He founded and is leader of the Homeland Party since May 2021. Formerly a four term Republican People's Party (Turkish: Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, CHP) MP for Yalova, his hometown, he also served as the CHP's parliamentary group deputy chairman between June 2010 and August 2014.
Muharrem İnce | |
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Leader of the Homeland Party | |
Assumed office 17 May 2021 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Parliamentary deputy group leader of the Republican People's Party | |
In office 1 June 2010 – 18 August 2014 | |
Leader | Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu |
Served with | Akif Hamzaçebi Engin Altay Emine Ülker Tarhan Kemal Anadol [tr] |
Preceded by | Hakkı Suha Okay [tr] |
Succeeded by | Levent Gök |
Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
In office 19 November 2002 – 7 July 2018 | |
Constituency | Yalova (2002, 2007, 2011, June 2015, Nov. 2015) |
Personal details | |
Born | (1964-05-04) 4 May 1964 (age 60) Elmalık, Yalova, Turkey |
Political party | Homeland Party (since 2021) |
Other political affiliations | HP/SODEP (1983–1985) DSP/SHP (1985–1992) CHP (1992–2021) |
Spouse | Ülkü İnce |
Children | 1 |
Alma mater | Balıkesir University |
Website | www.muharremince.com.tr |
İnce has stood for election as CHP chairman twice against former chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu: first in September 2014 following the party's loss in the Turkish presidential election on 18 August 2014, and later in February 2018.[1]
As the presidential candidate of the CHP in the 2018 Turkish presidential election, Ince received just over 30 percent of the votes, placing second behind outright first-round winner Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, with 53 percent.[2][3]