Levent Gök

Levent Gök
Levent Gök
Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly
	In office; 12 July 2018 – 18 June 2020
Speaker	Binali Yıldırım
Serving with	Mustafa Şentop; Mithat Sancar; Celal Adan
Preceded by	Yaşar Tüzün
Succeeded by	Haydar Akar
Deputy Parliamentary group leader of the Republican People's Party
	In office; 22 August 2014 – 8 July 2018
Leader	Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu
Serving with	Akif Hamzaçebi (2014-15); Özgür Özel; Engin Altay
Preceded by	Muharrem İnce
Succeeded by	Engin Özkoç
Member of the Grand National Assembly
	In office; 12 June 2011 – 3 June 2023
Constituency	Ankara (I) (2011, June 2015, Nov 2015, 2018)
Personal details
Born	24 October 1959 (age 65); Balıkesir, Turkey
Nationality	Turkey
Political party	Republican People's Party
Education	Law
Alma mater	Ankara University, Law School

Levent Gök (born 24 October 1959) is a Turkish politician from the Republican People's Party (CHP) who currently serves as one of the three parliamentary group leaders for his party since 22 August 2014. He succeeded Muharrem İnce, who resigned to contest the 18th CHP Extraordinary Convention as a leadership candidate. He has been a Member of Parliament for Ankara's first electoral district since the 2011 general election.

Early life and career

Levent Gök was born in Balıkesir on 24 October 1959 and graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Law. Becoming a freelance lawyer, he was an executive board member of the Human Rights Association and also served as a delegate for the Turkish Bars Association. He is married with two children and can speak English at a fluent level.^[1]

Political career

Member of Parliament

Having served as the President of the Republican People's Party (CHP) Ankara Provincial Branch, Gök was elected as a CHP Member of Parliament for Ankara's first electoral district in the 2011 general election. He was re-elected in June 2015 and November 2015.^[2]

Party Council and group leader

In 2012, Gök was elected to the CHP Party Council, but resigned on 22 August 2014 after being elected as one of the party's parliamentary group leaders. He was elected after Muharrem İnce, a former group leader, resigned in order to run against Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu in the 18th CHP Extraordinary Convention. He was re-elected to the position in the 25th and 26th Parliaments in June and November 2015 respectively, serving alongside Özgür Özel and Engin Altay.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "levent gök LEVENT GÖK levent gok LEVENT GOK levent gok biyografisi biyografi".
^ "ANKARA 1. BÖLGE SEÇİM SONUÇLARI - 1 KASIM 2015 GENEL SEÇİM SONUÇLARI".
^ sitesi, milliyet.com.tr Türkiye'nin lider haber. "CHP Grup başkanvekilleri belli oldu".
^ "CHP - 25.Dönem CHP Grup Başkanvekilleri belirlendi". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-01-08.

External links

[1] "levent gök LEVENT GÖK levent gok LEVENT GOK levent gok biyografisi biyografi".

[2] "ANKARA 1. BÖLGE SEÇİM SONUÇLARI - 1 KASIM 2015 GENEL SEÇİM SONUÇLARI".

[3] sitesi, milliyet.com.tr Türkiye'nin lider haber. "CHP Grup başkanvekilleri belli oldu".

[4] "CHP - 25.Dönem CHP Grup Başkanvekilleri belirlendi". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-01-08.

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