List of Finance Ministers of Turkey
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Following is a list of Ministers of Finance of Turkey
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The Ministry of Finance is a government ministry office of the Republic of Turkey, responsible for finance and tax affairs in Turkey. The current minister is Mehmet Simsek since 2009....
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| # | Name | Took office | Left office |
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| 1 | Hasan Fehmi Ataç | 30 October 1923 | January 2, 1924 |
| 2 | Abdulhalik Renda | January 2, 1924 | May 21, 1924 |
| 3 | Recep Peker Recep Peker Recep Peker , aka Mehmet Recep Peker, was a Turkish officer and politician. He served as various government ministers and finally as the prime minister.- Early life :... |
May 21, 1924 | November 22, 1924 |
| 4 | Abdulhalik Renda | 22 November 1924 | March 3, 1925 |
| 5 | Hasan Saka Hasan Saka Hasan Saka was a Turkish politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Prime Minister of Turkey.-Political career:... |
March 3, 1925 | July 13, 1926 |
| 6 | Abdulhalik Renda | July 13, 1926 | November 1, 1927 |
| 7 | Sukru Saracoglu Sükrü Saracoglu Mehmet Şükrü Saracoğlu was a Turkish politician and the sixth Prime Minister of Republic of Turkey. He was also the chairman of Fenerbahçe S.K. for 16 years between 1934-1950, including his time as prime minister as well.-Biography:... |
November 1, 1927 | December 25, 1930 |
| 8 | Abdulhalik Renda | 25 December 1930 | February 3, 1934 |
| 9 | Fuad Ağralı | February 3, 1934 | September 13, 1944 |
| 10 | Nurullah Esat Sumer | 13 September 1944 | August 7, 1946 |
| 11 | Halit Nazmi Keşmir | 7 August 1946 | March 23, 1948 |
| 12 | Hasan Şevket Adalan | March 27, 1948 | January 16, 1949 |
| 13 | İsmail Rüştü Aksal | 16 January 1949 | May 22, 1950 |
| 14 | Halil Ayan | May 22, 1950 | December 14, 1950 |
| 15 | Hasan Polatkan Hasan Polatkan Hasan Polatkan was a Turkish politician and Minister of Labor and Finance, who was executed by hanging after the coup d'état in 1960 along with two other cabinet members.-Biography:... |
14 December 1950 | December 9, 1955 |
| 16 | Nedim Ökmen | 9 December 1955 | August 24, 1956 |
| 17 | Hasan Polatkan Hasan Polatkan Hasan Polatkan was a Turkish politician and Minister of Labor and Finance, who was executed by hanging after the coup d'état in 1960 along with two other cabinet members.-Biography:... |
December 3, 1956 | May 27, 1960 |
| 18 | Ekrem Alican | May 30, 1960 | December 26, 1960 |
| 19 | Mustafa Kemal Kurdaş | 26 December 1960 | November 20, 1961 |
| 20 | Osman Şefik İnan | 20 November 1961 | June 25, 1962 |
| 21 | Ferit Melen Ferit Melen Ferit Sadi Melen was a Turkish civil servant, politician and Prime Minister of Turkey.-Biography:After finishing the high school in Bursa, he obtained a degree in finance from the School of Political Science at Ankara University in 1931... |
25 June 1962 | February 20, 1965 |
| 22 | Ihsan Gürsan | February 20, 1965 | November 2, 1966 |
| 23 | Nevzat Cihat Bilgehan | 14 November 1966 | November 3, 1969 |
| 24 | Ali Mesut Erez | November 3, 1969 | March 26, 1971 |
| 25 | Sait Naci Ergin | March 26, 1971 | May 22, 1972 |
| 26 | Ziya Müezzinoğlu | May 22, 1972 | April 15, 1973 |
| 27 | Sadık Tekin Müftüoğlu | April 15, 1973 | January 26, 1974 |
| 28 | Deniz Baykal Deniz Baykal Deniz Baykal is a Turkish politician. He was a long-time leader of the Republican People's Party .-Biography:... |
26 January 1974 | November 17, 1974 |
| 29 | Bedri Gursoy | 17 November 1974 | March 31, 1975 |
| 30 | Yilmaz Ergenekon | March 31, 1975 | June 21, 1977 |
| 31 | Besim Üstünel | 21 June 1977 | July 21, 1977 |
| 32 | Nevzat Cihat Bilgehan | July 21, 1977 | January 5, 1978 |
| 33 | Ziya Müezzinoğlu | January 5, 1978 | November 12, 1979 |
| 34 | İsmet Sezgin | 12 November 1979 | September 12, 1980 |
| 35 | Kaya Erdem | 20 September 1980 | July 14, 1982 |
| 36 | Adnan Başer Kafaoğlu | July 14, 1982 | December 13, 1983 |
| 37 | Vural Arıkan | 13 December 1983 | October 26, 1984 |
| 38 | Ahmet Kurtcebe Alptemoçin Ahmet Kurtcebe Alptemoçin Ahmet Kurtcebe Alptemoçin is a Turkish mechanical engineer, industrialist and politician belonging to the Motherland Party. He served as Minister of Finance and Customs between 1984–1985 and Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1990-1991.... |
26 October 1984 | March 30, 1989 |
| 39 | Ekrem Pakdemirli | March 30, 1989 | March 29, 1990 |
| 40 | Adnan Kahveci Adnan Kahveci Adnan Kahveci was a noted Turkish politician, one of the founders in 1983 of the Motherland Party led by Turgut Özal and who served as minister in successive governments throughout the 1980s... |
March 29, 1990 | November 20, 1991 |
| 41 | Sümer Oral | 20 November 1991 | June 25, 1993 |
| 42 | İsmet Atilla | 25 June 1993 | March 6, 1996 |
| 43 | Lütfullah Kayalar Lütfullah Kayalar Lütfullah Kayalar is a Turkish lawyer from profession and politician, who served twice as government minister.He graduated from the Law School of Ankara University with a Bachelor of Laws degree. He entered politics as a member of the Motherland Party, and was elected into the parliament as Deputy... |
March 6, 1996 | June 28, 1996 |
| 44 | Abdüllatif Şener Abdüllatif Sener Abdüllatif Şener is a former Finance Minister in the 54th cabinet of the Turkish Government and served as the Deputy Prime Minister in the 58th and 59th cabinets of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.... |
28 June 1996 | June 30, 1997 |
| 45 | Zekeriya Temizel | 30 June 1997 | May 28, 1999 |
| 46 | Sümer Oral | May 28, 1999 | November 19, 2002 |
| 47 | Kemal Unakıtan Kemal Unakitan Kemal Unakıtan was the Minister of Finance of Turkey from November 2002 to May 2009 and a Member of Parliament for Istanbul of the Justice and Development Party.... |
19 November 2002 | May 1, 2009 |
| 48 | Mehmet Şimşek Mehmet Simsek Mehmet Şimşek was born 1 January 1967, from a Turkish family of Kurdish descent in the city of Batman, Turkey.He is the Minister of Finance of Turkey in the cabinet of re-elected Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. He was elected to the Parliament for Gaziantep in the general election on July 22,... |
May 1, 2009 |