Ahmet Necdet Sezer

Born in Afyon on September 13, 1941.

Graduated from the Afyon High School in 1958.

Attended the Faculty of Law at the University of Ankara and received a B.A. degree in 1962.

Started his career as judge in Ankara same year.

Following the completion of his military service in the Land Forces Academy, served as Judge in the town of Dicle and later took up assignment as a supervisory judge at the High Court of Appeals in Ankara.

Attended postgraduate classes at the Faculty of Law at the University of Ankara and acquired an M.A. degree on the subject of civil law in 1978.

Elected to the High Court of Appeals on March 7, 1983.

Appointed by the President to serve at the Constitutional Court on September, 27, 1988.

Elected Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court on January 6, 1998.

Named as the 10th President of the Republic of Turkey by the Turkish Grand National Assembly on May 5, 2000.

Married and has three children.