Zehra Önay Alpago (born May 18, 1947) is a Turkish female jurist, politician, former government minister and academic.
[1] Zehra Önay Alpago was born in Karadeniz Ereğli of Zonguldak Province, northwestern Turkey in 1947.
[3] After having left the politics, she has been working as a lawyer and serving as an academic at Yeditepe University.
[2] Alpago was appointed from outside the parliament Minister of State responsible for "women, Family and Social Policies" on July 27, 1994, succeeding Türkân Akyol.
She served at this post in the 50th government led by female Prime Minister of Turkey Tansu Çiller.