Ekrem İmamoğlu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Turkish politician, mayor of Istanbul starting in 2019
Date of Birth: 04-Jun-1970
Place of Birth: Akçaabat, Turkey
Profession: politician
Nationality: Turkey
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
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About Ekrem İmamoğlu
- Ekrem Imamoglu (Turkish pronunciation: [ekr?m imamo:?u]; born 4 June 1970) is a Turkish politician serving as the 32nd and current Mayor of Istanbul since 2019.
- He was first elected in the March 2019 mayoral election as the joint Nation Alliance candidate of the Republican People's Party (CHP) and the IYI Party, but served only from 17 April 2019 until 6 May 2019, when the election was annulled.
- He was then reelected in a renewed election on 23 June 2019.
- He had previously been the Mayor of Beylikdüzü, a western district of Istanbul, between 2014 and 2019.Imamoglu emerged as a dark horse candidate to be the Nation Alliance's joint candidate for Istanbul Mayor, overtaking more prominent contenders such as Muharrem Ince, the CHP's 2018 presidential candidate.
- On the eve of the elections, Imamoglu gained a narrow lead in the mayoral race, with initial results showing his lead to be around 23,000 votes.
- His lead was eventually cut to 13,729 after a series of recounts backed by the government. Imamoglu was sworn in as Mayor of Istanbul on 17 April, following the conclusion of all recounts.
- On 6 May 2019, the Supreme Electoral Council convened and voted to annul the results of the mayoral election.
- Members of the Council accepted the Justice and Development Party's objection to the local election results in Istanbul with seven members voting in favor of calling a new election and four against.
- The election board also cancelled Imamoglu's mayoral certificate.
- A new election took place on 23 June 2019 in which Imamoglu was re-elected as the mayor by a margin of approximately 800,000 votes.
- He was sworn into office on 27 June 2019.
- Because of the scale of his victory, he has been called a possible candidate for the Turkish presidency in the next elections.
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