Şükran Güldal Mumcu (born 20 September 1951) is a Turkish politician.

Early life

She was born to Süreyya and his spouse Emine Necla in

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, Turkey on 20 September 1951. She graduated from Ankara College and Faculty of Political Sciences of

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.Biography page
/ref> Between 1975–1979, she served in the State Investment Bank of Turkey. On 19 July 1976, she married

Uğur Mumcu Uğur Mumcu (; 22 August 1942 – 24 January 1993)
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, a renowned investigative journalist. The next year, she gave birth to their son Özgür, and in 1984 to their daughter Özge. Uğur Mumcu was assassinated on 24 January 1993. The next year, Güldal Mumcu established a foundation of journalism named after her husband. One of the books the foundation published was her book ''İçimden Geçen Zamen'' ("The Time Passes Through Me"), which was about her life after Uğur Mumcu's assassination.

Political career

In the elections held in 2007, she got elected to the parliament as a deputy of

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from the

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(CHP). On the 10 August 2007 Mumcu and Meral Akşener were elected as Vice Speakers of the Grand National Assembly. After

Nermin Neftçi Hayriye Ayşe Nermin Neftçi (1924 – August 20, 2003) was a Turkish female jurist, politician and former government minister. Hayriye Ayşe Nermin Neftçi was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1924. She graduated from the Ankara University Law Scho ...

in the 1970s, they became the first women to hold this post. She continued up to 2015.Interview in Gazete Duvar
/ref> On 1 February 2010, she accused Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç, who tried to interfere her conduct while managing a session. She said that the

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can not control the

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References

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