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

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s for his party since 22 August 2014. He succeeded

Muharrem İnce Muharrem İnce (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 ...

, who resigned to contest the 18th CHP Extraordinary Convention as a leadership candidate. He has been a

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for Ankara's first electoral district since the 2011 general election.

Early life and career

Levent Gök was born in

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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

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. He is married with two children and can speak

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at a fluent level.

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

for Ankara's first electoral district in the 2011 general election. He was re-elected in June 2015 and November 2015.

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

s. He was elected after

, a former group leader, resigned in order to run against

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu (born Kemal Karabulut, 17 December 1948) is a Turkish economist, retired civil servant and social democratic politician. He is leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP) and has been Leader of the Main Opposition in ...

in the 18th CHP Extraordinary Convention. He was re-elected to the position in the

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and 26th Parliaments in June and November 2015 respectively, serving alongside Özgür Özel and Engin Altay.

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