Ali Kemal
Ali Kemal Bey (7 September 1869 – 6 November 1922) was a British-Turkish journalist, newspaper editor, poet, liberal-leaning politician, and government official who was for some three months Minister of the Interior in the government of Damat Ferid Pasha, the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. He was murdered by paramilitary officers during the Turkish War of Independence.
Ali Kemal | |
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| Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 4 March 1919 – 20 June 1919 | |
| Monarch | Mehmed VI |
| Prime Minister | Damat Ferid Pasha |
| Preceded by | Mehmed Ali Bey |
| Succeeded by | Adil Bey |
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| Born | 7 September 1869 Istanbul, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 6 November 1922 (aged 53) İzmit, Ottoman Empire |
| Resting place | İzmit, Turkey |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Political party | Freedom and Accord Party Liberty Party |
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| Children | 4, including Wilfred Johnson |
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Kemal is the father of Zeki Kuneralp, who was the former Turkish ambassador in Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and Spain. In addition, he is the paternal grandfather of both the Turkish diplomat Selim Kuneralp, and the British politician Stanley Johnson. Through Johnson, Ali Kemal is the great-grandfather of former British prime minister Boris Johnson and his siblings.
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