Politician: Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (Turkey)

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (1881-1938) was a Turkish army officer, revolutionary and founder of the Republic of Turkey, serving as its first President from 1923 until his death in 1938. His surname, Ataturk (meaning "Father of the Turks"), was granted to him in 1934 and forbidden to any other person by the Turkish parliament.