Yıldırım Demirören

Yıldırım Demirören
Born	Yıldırım Demirören (1964-10-06) October 6, 1964 İstanbul, Turkey
Residence	İstanbul, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Alma mater	Leysin American School
Occupation	Industrialist Businessman Sports manager
Spouse(s)	Revna Demirören
Children	3
Relatives	Erdoğan Demirören (father)

Yıldırım Demirören (born 1964) is a Turkish businessman, former chairman of the Istanbul-based Turkish multisports club Beşiktaş, and current president of the Turkish Football Federation.

He owns Demirören Şirketler Grubu (English: Demirören Group), which were 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 February 27, 2012 succeeding Mehmet Ali Aydınlar, who resigned on January 31, 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.

References

↑ Tarihçe (Eng: Company History)
↑ "TFF'nin yeni başkanı Yıldırım Demirören" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2012-02-27.

Honorary titles
Preceded by Serdar Bilgili	President of Beşiktaş JK 2004–2012	Succeeded by Fikret Orman
Preceded by Mehmet Ali Aydınlar	President of the Turkish Football Federation 2012–present	Succeeded by incumbent

Beşiktaş J.K. presidents

Mehmet Şamil Şhaplı (1903–1908)
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– )

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