Yıldırım Demirören
Yıldırım Demirören | |
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President of the Turkish Football Federation | |
In office 27 February 2012 – 28 February 2019 | |
Preceded by | Hüsnü Güreli (interim) |
Succeeded by | Hüsnü Güreli (interim) |
President of Beşiktaş JK | |
In office 26 April 2004 – 27 February 2012 | |
Preceded by | Serdar Bilgili |
Succeeded by | Fikret Orman |
Personal details | |
Born | (1964-10-06) 6 October 1964 (age 59) Bursa,Turkey |
Residence(s) | Istanbul, Turkey |
Alma mater | Leysin American School |
Occupation | Industrialist, businessman, sports manager |
Yıldırım Demirören (born 6 October 1964) is a Turkish businessman, former chair of the Istanbul-based Turkish multisports club Beşiktaş, and former president of the Turkish Football Federation.
He owns part of Demirören Şirketler Grubu (Demirören Group), which was founded in 1964[1] and are focused on liquid gas distribution.
Yıldırım Demirören resigned from his post as the president of Beşiktaş J.K. to be a candidate for the presidency of the Turkish Football Federation (TFF). He was elected president of the TFF on 27 February 2012 succeeding Mehmet Ali Aydınlar, who resigned on 31 January 2012.[2]
Personal life
Demirören is an alumnus of Leysin American School. He is married and has three children. He is also member of Turkish business associations TÜSİAD and TUGİAD. His hobbies are golf and traveling.
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Honorary titles | ||
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Preceded by Serdar Bilgili | President of Beşiktaş JK 2004–2012 | Succeeded by Fikret Orman |
Preceded by | President of the Turkish Football Federation 2012–2019 | Succeeded by Nihat Özdemir |
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- Şükrü Paşa (1908–1911)
- Fuat Paşa (1911–1918)
- Fuat Balkan (1918–1923)
- Salih Bey (1923–1924)
- Ahmet Fetgeri Aşeni (1924–1926)
- Fuat Balkan (1926–1928)
- Ahmet Fetgeri Aşeni (1928–1930)
- Emin Şükrü Kunt (1930–1932)
- Abdülkadir Ziya Karamürsel (1932–1935)
- Fuat Balkan (1935–1938)
- Abdülkadir Ziya Karamürsel (1938–1939)
- Yusuf Ziya Erdem (1939–1941)
- Abdülkadir Ziya Karamürsel (1941–1942)
- Abdullah Ziya Kozanoğlu (1942–1950)
- Ekrem Amaç (1950)
- Salih Fuat Keçeci (1950–1952)
- Abdullah Ziya Kozanoğlu (1952–1955)
- Tahir Söğütlü (1955–1956)
- Danyal Akbel (1956–1957)
- Ferhat Nasır (1957)
- Nuri Togay (1957–1958)
- Enver Kaya (1958)
- Nuri Togay (1959–1960)
- Hakkı Yeten (1960–1963)
- Selahattin Akel (1963–1964)
- Hakkı Yeten (1964–66)
- Hasan Salman (1966–1967)
- Hakkı Yeten (1967–1968)
- Talat Asal (1968–1969)
- Rüştü Erkuş (1969–1970)
- Nuri Togay (1970)
- Agasi Şen (1970–1971)
- Himmet Ünlü (1971–1972)
- Şekip Okçuoğlu (1972–1973)
- Mehmet Üstünkaya (1973–1977)
- Gazi Akınal (1977–1979)
- Hüseyin Cevahir (1979)
- Gazi Akınal (1979–1980)
- Rıza Kumruoğlu (1980–1981)
- Mehmet Üstünkaya (1981–1984)
- Süleyman Seba (1984–2000)
- Serdar Bilgili (2000–2004)
- Yıldırım Demirören (2004–2012)
- Fikret Orman (2012–2019)
- Ahmet Nur Çebi (2019–2023)
- Hasan Arat (2023–)