Zekai Apaydın (1884 – 29 April 1947) was a former

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civil servant, diplomat and politician.

Early life

He was born in 1884 in

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, then a nominal part of the Ottoman Empire under Austrian rule. He graduated from the İzmir highschool and the faculty of Political Sciences. He served in Uşak, Eskişehir,

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and

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as the sanjak governor . Following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in the First World War, he resigned and joined the nationalists.Biography page
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Politics

He was elected to

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from

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and later from Diyarbakır Province. In the

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he served as the Ministry of Agriculture between 6 March 1924 and 20 November 1924. In the

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he served as the Ministry of Public Works between 27 September 1930 and 29 December 1930. But after a reshuffle in the government, he was appointed as the

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on 29 December 1930. He kept the same seat in the next government up to 1 March 1935.Official page of the parliament
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Diplomacy

After his term in the second government he was appointed as the ambassador to London in 1924 and to Moscow in 1925.

Death

He died in Istanbul on 29 April 1947.

References

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