Ahmet Hacıosman (born 1 January 1958, in Komotini

Komotini

Komotini is a city in Thrace, northeastern Greece. It is the capital of the region of East Macedonia and Thrace and of the Rhodope regional unit. It is also the administrative center of the Rhodope-Evros super-prefecture. The city is home to the Democritus University of Thrace, founded in 1973...

) is a Greek

Greece

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 politician from the West Thracian Turkish minority

Turks of Western Thrace

Turks of Western Thrace are ethnic Turks who live in Western Thrace, in the north-eastern part of Greece.According to the Greek census of 1991, there were approximately 50,000 Turks in Western Thrace, out of the approximately 98,000 strong Muslim minority of Greece...

. He has been elected to the Greek Parliament

Hellenic Parliament

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 for the Panhellenic Socialist Movement

Panhellenic Socialist Movement

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 in 2007 and was reelected in 2009

Greek legislative election, 2009

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.

Professor and farmer, he graduated from the Superior Institute of Theology of Marmara University

Marmara University

Marmara University is a public university in Turkey. Situated in Istanbul, Marmara University has succeeded in becoming the second largest university in the whole country...

 in Turkey and is married to Fadile Ali Oglu. They have a son and a daughter.

From 1985 to 1990 he was chief editor of Hakka Davet. In 1986 he was elected as alderman at the Komotini municipality. From 1991 to 2001 he was the President of the School Council of the Mastanli Minority Elementary School in Komotini. In 1999 he was elected general secretary of the Association of West Thracian Minority Scientists. From 1999 to 2007 he was the president of the Party of Friendship, Equality and Peace

Party of Friendship, Equality and Peace

The Party of Friendship, Equality and Peace is a Greek political party founded to represent the interests of the Turkish minority of Thrace.The party was created on September 13, 1991 by Sadık Ahmet who presided over it until his death in 1995. Ahmet was succeeded by his widow Işık Ahmet who led...

, based in Komotini. He was elected in 2002 and 2006 at the Rhodope Prefecture

Rhodope Prefecture

Rhodope is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of East Macedonia and Thrace. Its name is derived from the Rhodope Mountains, which cover the northern part of its territory. Together with the regional units Evros and Xanthi, it forms the geographical region of Western...

, and was its vice-prefect from 2002 to 2007, when he was elected to the Hellenic Parliament

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