Haydar Akar

Haydar Akar (born 21 December 1963), is a Turkish politician, who is currently Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey since 16 July 2020.

Biography
Haydar Akar was born in İzmit on 21 December 1963.

He graduated from the Department of Mathematics at Middle East Technical University in 1986. He worked at Türk Pirelli Lastikleri AŞ for 23 years.

Akar entered the Grand National Assembly as a Kocaeli deputy in the general elections on 12 June 2011. On 7 June 2015, he was nominated and elected as a Kocaeli deputy candidate from the second row by the CHP.

On 18 June 2020, Akar was elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly.

Personal life
Akar speaks English at a good level. He is married and has two children. He comes from a family of Georgian origin.