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İsmet İnönü

1884 - 1973

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Mustafa İsmet İnönü (Turkish pronunciation: [isˈmet ˈinœny]; 24 September 1886 – 25 December 1973) was a Turkish army officer and statesman who served as the second president of Turkey from 11 November 1938, to 22 May 1950, and as its prime minister three times: from 1923 to 1924, 1925 to 1937, and 1961 to 1965. İnönü is acknowledged by many as Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's right-hand man, with their friendship going back to the Caucasus campaign. In the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922, he served as the first chief of the General Staff from 1922 to 1924 for the regular Turkish army, during which he commanded forces during the First and Second Battles of İnönü. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of İsmet İnönü has received more than 1,203,013 page views. His biography is available in 78 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 72 in 2019). İsmet İnönü is the 791st most popular politician, the 101st most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 112th in 2019) and the 54th most popular Politician.

İsmet İnönü was a Turkish general and politician who served as the second President of Turkey from 10 October 1973 until his death in 1973. He is most famous for leading the Turkish War of Independence, and for being the second president of the Republic of Turkey.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, İsmet İnönü ranks 791 out of 19,576Before him are Amr ibn Hishām, Sariputta, Vladislaus II of Hungary, Zewditu, William III of the Netherlands, and Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria. After him are Enrico Dandolo, Robert the Bruce, Tony Blair, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Eduard Bernstein, and Walter Ulbricht.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, İsmet İnönü ranks 6Before him are Eleanor Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Amedeo Modigliani, Isoroku Yamamoto, and Edvard Beneš. After him are Hideki Tojo, Bronisław Malinowski, Casimir Funk, Édouard Daladier, Anton Drexler, and Max Brod. Among people deceased in 1973, İsmet İnönü ranks 13Before him are Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, Erich von Manstein, Lyndon B. Johnson, Fulgencio Batista, Abebe Bikila, and Hans Kelsen. After him are Walter Ulbricht, J. Hans D. Jensen, Ivan Konev, Ludwig von Mises, John Ford, and Paavo Nurmi.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, İsmet İnönü ranks 101 out of 1,347Before him are Ignatius of Antioch (35), Mustafa IV (1779), Pedanius Dioscorides (40), Enver Pasha (1881), Irenaeus (130), and Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca (1853). After him are Cassius Dio (155), Andromache (null), Antinous (111), Nikephoros I (760), Anna Komnene (1083), and Bartholomew I of Constantinople (1940).

Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, İsmet İnönü ranks 54Before him are Şehzade Cihangir (1531), Romanos IV Diogenes (1030), Leo III the Isaurian (675), Mustafa IV (1779), Enver Pasha (1881), and Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca (1853). After him are Andromache (null), Nikephoros I (760), Zeno (425), Gordian I (159), Basil II (958), and Constantine V (718).