Cem Toker

Cem Toker (born July 5, 1957), is a Turkish politician and the new leader of Liberal Democratic Party of Turkey (Turkish: Liberal Demokrat Parti, LDP). He was elected in the fourth ordinary party congress on June 20, 2005.

Toker was born in 1957 in Istanbul. He graduated from British College, İstanbul and then earned his bachelor in economics from Arizona State University.

He worked in finance sector and formed a company on international consultancy, guidance and language services.

Toker is single and has no children.

His political career in the LDP started in 1996. Toker served as an executive and the chairman of Istanbul branch of LDP, He also served as the party's deputy secretary-general and secretary-general. From 2003 to 2005, he served as the deputy chairman of LDP. He has been elected as the president of the party for the first time at the 4th ordinary congress of LDP in June 2005. He has been reelected twice in March 2008 and October 2010.

He is the architect of the LDP led umbrella alliance offer in 2006. He offered an alliance to 9 political parties both from left and right (including Anavatan and Demokratik Sol Parti) for the basic values of republic against governing conservative party, AKP. The offer was still a possibility in 2007 and in 2011 elections.