Kemal Satır (21 April 1911 – 23 May 1991) was a Turkish physician and politician.

Early years

He was born in

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. After finishing the School of Medicine in Istanbul University, he began working as a radiology expert in 1937. He also became a member of Republican People's Party (CHP). Between 1943 and 1950, he was the MP from

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, and between 1949-1950, he served as the

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in the

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(

Şemsettin Günaltay Mehmet Şemsettin Günaltay (; 17 July 1883 – 19 October 1961) was a Turkish historian, politician, and Prime Minister of Turkey from 1949 to 1950. Biography Günaltay was born 1883 in the Kemaliye town of the Vilayet of Mamuret-ul-Azi ...

's cabinet).Official page of the prime minister

After 1950

After the defeat of CHP in

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, in which he lost his seat in the parliament, he returned to medical practice. In

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, he was elected as the MP from

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, and continued as Elazığ MP up to 1969, when he changed his electoral province to Adana again. Between 1963-1965, he became the deputy prime minister in the cabinet of

İsmet İnönü Mustafa İsmet İnönü (; 24 September 1884 – 25 December 1973) was a Turkish army officer and statesman of Kurdish descent, who served as the second President of Turkey from 11 November 1938 to 22 May 1950, and its Prime Minister three tim ...

Strife in the party

Kemal Satır also served in the party administration. From 1962 to 1966, he became the secretary general of CHP. He was known as a moderate politician, and tried to keep the balance during the intra party struggle between Bülent Ecevit and

Turhan Feyzioğlu Turhan Feyzioğlu (1922 – 24 March 1988) was a Turkish academic and a politician. Early life He was born in Kayseri. After finishing the primary school in Kayseri, he studied in Galatasaray High School and in Law school of Istanbul Universi ...

. However, after Turhan Feyzioğlu and his group left the party, he became the main opponent of Bülent Ecevit. After Bülent Ecevit became the chairman of the party, Kemal Satır and a group of MPs left the party.

Republican Party

He formed a party named Republican Party. The party was founded on 4 September 1972. He was elected as the chairman of the party. The new established party lived short. On 28 February 1973, it merged to Nationalist Reliance Party (aka Reliance Party) of Turhan Feyzioğlu. After merging, the party was renamed

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. Kemal Satır became the vice president. During this period, he served as the deputy prime minister in

Naim Talu Mehmet Naim Talu (22 July 1919 – 15 May 1998) was a Turkish economist, banker, politician and former Prime Minister of Turkey. Biography Naim Talu was born in Istanbul in 1919. He was educated at Kabataş Erkek Lisesi. After graduating ...

's cabinet once more.

Last years

After the election defeat in 1973, he resigned from the politics. He took part in the board of directors of two banks.Online info
He died in 1991.

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