Hüsnü Doğan (born 1944) is a Turkish former politician who served as the 38th minister of National Defense from 28 October 1990 to 22 February 1991. He entered into the political race in the Grand National Assembly after serving as deputy of

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. He also served as

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in the 47th government of Turkey and minister of Agriculture and Forestry.

Biography

Doğan was born in

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in 1944. He received his early schooling in his hometown and graduated from

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with

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in 1969. He worked at State Planning Organization as a researcher until 1973. He later joined Foreign Investment Board in 1980 and became its chairperson. He played a central role in establishing the Motherland Party He joined the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in the 45th government of Turkey. After he was elected as defense minister, he was removed from the ministry for his role in opposing government of Semra Özal as the Istanbul head. He later resigned from the Motherland Party after

Mesut Yılmaz Ahmet Mesut Yılmaz () (6 November 1947 – 30 October 2020) was a Turkish politician. He was the leader of the Motherland Party (, ANAP) from 1991 to 2002, and served three times as Prime Minister of Turkey. His first two prime-ministerial term ...

won the election. On 7 October 1993, after Yusuf Bozkurt co-founded the New Party with Özal. He returned to Motherland Party soon after co-founding the New Part.

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