İsmet İnönü

Mustafa İsmet İnönü (24 September 1884 – 25 December 1973) was a Turkish politician and military officer, who was the first Prime Minister and second President of Turkey. In 1938, Republican People's Party gave him "National Chief" title.

Millî Şef İsmet İnönü
2nd President of Turkey
In office 11 November 1938 – 27 May 1950
Prime Minister	Celal Bayar Refik Saydam Ahmet Fikri Tüzer Şükrü Saracoğlu Recep Peker Hasan Saka Şemsettin Günaltay
Preceded by	Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Succeeded by	Celal Bayar
1st Prime Minister of Turkey
In office 20 November 1961 – 20 February 1965
President	Cemal Gürsel
Preceded by	Emin Fahrettin Özdilek
Succeeded by	Suat Hayri Ürgüplü
In office 4 March 1925 – 25 October 1937
President	Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Preceded by	Ali Fethi Okyar
Succeeded by	Celal Bayar
In office 30 October 1923 – 22 November 1924
President	Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Preceded by	Ali Fethi Okyar (as Prime Minister of the Government of the Grand National Assembly)
Succeeded by	Ali Fethi Okyar
2nd Leader of the Republican People's Party
In office 10 November 1938 – 8 May 1972
Preceded by	Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Succeeded by	Bülent Ecevit
Chief of the General Staff of Turkey
In office 20 May 1920 – 3 August 1921
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Fevzi Çakmak
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey
In office 26 October 1922 – 21 November 1924
Prime Minister	Rauf Orbay Ali Fethi Okyar
Preceded by	Yusuf Kemal Tengirşenk
Succeeded by	Şükrü Kaya
Member of the Grand National Assembly
In office 15 October 1961 – 20 November 1972
Constituency	Malatya (1961, 1965, 1969)
In office 14 May 1950 – 27 May 1960
Constituency	Malatya (1950, 1954, 1957)
In office 28 June 1923 – 10 November 1938
Constituency	Edirne (1923, 1927, 1931, 1935)
Personal details
Born	Mustafa İsmet (1884-09-24)24 September 1884 İzmir, Aidin Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died	25 December 1973(1973-12-25) (aged 89) Ankara, Turkey
Cause of death	Heart attack
Resting place	Anıtkabir, Ankara
Nationality	Turkish
Political party	Republican People's Party
Spouse(s)	Mevhibe İnönü
Children	4, including Erdal İnönü
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Military service
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire (1903–1920)  Turkey (1920–1926)
Branch/service	Turkish Land Forces
Rank	Orgeneral
Battles/wars	World War I Turkish War of Independence

İsmet İnönü was by the standards of his time a highly educated man, speaking Arabic, English, French and German in addition to his native Turkish. His resting place is in Anıtkabir with Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. He was close friend of Atatürk. He had two sons, Erdal and Ömer.