Mahmut Özgener (born 1963

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) has been the 38th president of the

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. He succeeded

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, who died of a

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. He served from 19 August 2008 until 29 June 2011.

Biography

Özgener was born in İzmir, where he completed his primary, secondary and high school education.

Personal

He is married and has two children. Özgener speaks also English and French. He was the chairman of

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club before his duty in TFF.

Ankaragücü and Ankaraspor Case

Cengiz Topel Yıldırım was replaced by Ahmet Gökçek as club chairman of Ankaragücü. Since Ahmet Gökçek was previously on Ankaraspor board as a volunteer, TFF rejected this replacement.

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, who is honorary chairman of

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and Ahmet Gökçek's father, accused him of being subjective.

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References

1963 births People from İzmir Living people Turkish Football Federation presidents {{Turkey-footy-bio-stub