1927- . Turkish Islamic right-wing
politician, prime minister 1983-89, president
from 1989. Ozal first entered goverment
service, then worked for the World Bank
1971-79. In 1980 he was deputy to Prime
Minister Bulent Ulusu under the military
regime of Kenan Evren, and, when political
pluralism returned in 1983, he founded the
Islamic, right-of-centre Motherland Party
(ANAP) and led it to victory in the elections
of that year. In the 1987 general election he
retained his majority and in Nov 1989
replaced Evren as Turkey's first civilian
president for 30 years.