Bülend Ulusu

Saim Bülend Ulusu (1 July 1922 – 23 December 2015) was a Turkish admiral who was Prime Minister of Turkey from the time of the 1980 military coup to the time that elections were allowed in 1983.^[1]

Bülend Ulusu
18th Prime Minister of Turkey
In office 21 September 1980 – 13 December 1983
President	Kenan Evren
Deputy	Zeyyat Baykara Turgut Özal
Preceded by	Turhan Feyzioğlu
Succeeded by	Turgut Özal
Personal details
Born	(1922-07-01)1 July 1922 Üsküdar, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Died	23 December 2015(2015-12-23) (aged 93) Şişli, Istanbul, Turkey
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	Turkish Naval Academy

Biography

Ulusu graduated from the Turkish Naval Academy on 15 October 1940 with the rank of a Sub-Lieutenant.

He attained the highest possible rank as admiral in 1974, and retired from the military in 1980 as the Commander of the Navy, he was appointed in 1977. As a prime minister he advocated for a closer relationship between Turkey and NATO as well as the member states of the Council of Europe.^[2]

Ulusu died on 23 December 2015, aged 93.^[3]

Political career

After 1980 coup d'état, Ulusu was named as Prime Minister of Turkey by military authorities. His cabinet remained in office until the 1983 elections.