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Bülent Solak (born November 21st 4211) is a Jakanian politician and one of the founders of the National Liberal Party. He competed in the presidential election of 4254 where is lost in the second round against incumbent İsmet Bölükbaşı. After the confusing and largely chaotic first two years post the '54 elections Bülent was invited by the president to head a coalition government alongside the Republican People's Party and the Sofuoglu Party.

Early Life
Solak was born in Dokuz, the capital of Jakania.

He studied economics at the University of Mesul from which he received a PhD in 42XX.

It was at the university he first met Teme Uzun, Cihangir Demir and İsa Koç, the future founders of the silver dates and later the National Liberal Party. Solak and Uzun quickly become close friends, the more politically invested Uzun creating a lasting impact with Solak.

In august 424X he ended up involved in a fight between Ultra-Nationalist and Pan-Majatran student groups, receiving a knife wound to the thigh. Solak would later state that the experience made him convinced that he had to do all in his power to bring an end to the political turmoil in Jakania.

Political Career
At the party congress of 4254 before the general elections it was decide that the charismatic Solak was to run in the presidential election. Solak was initially hesitant as he didn't expect to win against the incumbent İsmet Bölükbaşı and would rather stand for a seat in the Assembly but was convinced by Teme Uzun that he could prove a great rallying point and bring voters to the party. He campaigned extensively throughout Bukayar and Haftiye, drawing crowds of thousands towards the end of April.

In the election itself he gained 20,258,667 votes or 33.9% of the total votes in the first round of the presidential election, actually beating incumbent president Bölükbaşı. Although he lost the second round the success was clear and he was already a widely known and popular name throughout all of Jakania.

Though he held no political office he held onto his position as chairman firmly, his popularity had made him the effective strongman of the party and little happened without is explicit permission.

Premiership
In 4246, after two years of ineffectiveness and inactivity by the sitting left-coalition president Bölükbaşı invited Solak to form a new government, a coalition between the National Liberals and his Republican People's Party, with support from the monarchist Sufuoglu party, to overtake the administration of the republic. The following two years would be spent beginning the process of privatization and the transition from a communist to a free-market economy.