Ekrem Imamoglu

Ekrem Imamoglu was born on 4 June 1970(55 years old) in Turkey. Ekrem Imamoglu is Politician, Zodiac sign - Gemini. More detail about Ekrem Imamoglu given below.

Ekrem Imamoglu Timeline

• 1970
  

  u0130mamou011flu was born in June 1970, in the town of Aku00e7aabat, west of the city Trabzon, in Turkey, to a religious family. During early childhood, he lived in the rural communities Cevizli and Yu0131ldu0131zlu0131, southwest of Aku00e7aabat. He graduated from Trabzon High School, where he played amateur soccer and handball. In 1987 his family moved to Istanbul. He attended Istanbul University, and received a Bacheloru0027s degree in business administration and a Masteru0027s degree in human resource management. Following his graduation, he joined his familyu0027s business in construction. In 1995, he married Dilek Kaya, and together they have three children. In 2002 he became a manager with Trabzonspor, and he was also a vice president of the Trabzonspor B.K. basketball team.

• 2008
  

  u0130mamou011flu joined the Republican Peopleu0027s Party (CHP) in 2008, and was elected as the head of the partyu0027s youth wing in 2009. On 16 September 2009, he was selected by the CHP as the president of partyu0027s local chapter in the Istanbul district of Beylikdu00fczu00fc. He was then reelected to this position on 8 March 2012, before resigning on 15 July 2013 to run for mayor of Beylikdu00fczu00fc. The election was held on 30 March 2014, as part of the 2014 Turkish local elections, and u0130mamou011flu won with 50.44% of the vote, defeating the incumbent AKP candidate Yusuf Uzun.

• 2017
  

  Following the announcement of Istanbul Municipality Mayor Kadir Topbau015fu0027s resignation on 23 September 2017, u0130mamou011flu was nominated by the CHP to replace him. In the Istanbul Municipal Assembly election to fulfill the remainder of Topbau015fu0027s term, u0130mamou011flu lost to the AKP candidate Mevlu00fct Uysal after three rounds, by a mostly party-line vote of 125 to 179.

• 2018
  

  The CHP again nominated u0130mamou011flu for the 2019 Istanbul mayoral election on 18 December 2018. Both the u0130yi Party, which formed an alliance with the CHP, and Peoplesu0027 Democratic Party (HDP) declined to nominate candidates, which may have increased support for u0130mamou011flu.

• 2019
  

  In the run-up to the elections, his campaign received worldwide attention for its mild-mannered and unifying approach, resulting in a narrowing of opinion polls against his rival, Peopleu0027s Alliance candidate Binali Yu0131ldu0131ru0131m. The election was held on 31 March 2019, with u0130mamou011flu defeating AK Party candidate Binali Yu0131ldu0131ru0131m by roughly 25,000 votes according to the election day totals released by the Supreme Electoral Council. Following his upset victory in which the ruling AKP significantly outspent him and received more media coverage, u0130mamou011flu was called a rising star in Turkish politics and a potential candidate to challenge Recep Tayyip Erdou011fan in the 2023 Turkish presidential election.u0130mamou011flu was sworn in as Mayor of Istanbul on 17 April, 17 days after the election, following the conclusion of all recounts. His mayoral tenure came to an end when on 6 May 2019, the Supreme Electoral Council annulled the results of the election and removed him as Mayor of Istanbul. According to the YSK, the decision was taken because some presiding officers and polling staff were not civil servants. Turkish law stipulates they must be civil servants. However, many have called this action as a move to undo the will of the voters, who handed a narrow but fiercely contested victory to the opposition candidate. Ali Yerlikaya was named as the interim mayor by the Interior Ministry of Turkey on 7 May 2019.A new election was held on 23 June 2019, in which u0130mamou011flu was re-elected as the mayor of Istanbul with more than 800.000 lead this time. Following his second loss to u0130mamou011flu, Yu0131ldu0131ru0131m conceded defeat and also congratulated u0130mamou011flu on his re-election as mayor of Istanbul. Erdou011fan also congratulated u0130mamou011flu and acknowledged that he won the election. u0130mamou011flu was then sworn into office on 27 June 2019. The same day he also received his mayoral certificate for the second time.

• 2020
  

  On 24 October 2020, Imamoglu was hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19.