Hikmet Çetin
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Hikmet Çetin (born 1937 in Diyarbakır) is a Turkish politician, former minister of foreign affairs and was leader of the Republican's People Party for a short time. He served also as the speaker of the parliament.
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[edit] Early life
He was born in Lice, a town in the southeastern Diyarbakır Province. After completing the primary school in his hometown and the high school in Ankara, he graduated 1960 with a B.A. degree in Economics and Finance from Ankara University, School of Political Sciences.
Following completion of his education, Hikmet Çetin joined State Planning Organization (Devlet Planlama Teşkilatı, DPT). Shortly after, he was sent abroad and also to the United States, where he made his M.A. on "Economics of development" at the Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA. In 1968, he did research work on "Planning models" at the Stanford University, California, USA. Returned home, he completed his military service in 1970 and worked as the head of Economics Planning Department at the DPT until 1977. During this time, he was a part-time lecturer at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara.
[edit] Political career
Hikmet Çetin stepped into politics in the 1977 General elections as deputy of İstanbul from the Republican's People Party (Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, CHP). Between 1978 and 1979, he served as minister of state and later as deputy prime minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit. Following the 1980 military coup that banned the political parties, Hikmet Çetin became an advisor in planning to the Government of Yemen.
He returned to politics following his election to the parliament in 1987 as deputy of Diyarbakır from the Social Democratic Populist Party (Sosyal Demokrat Halkçı Parti, SHP), the follower of the banned Republican's People Party. He served in the board of SHP and became secretary general. Hikmet Çetin was elected 1990 the third time to the parliament as deputy of Gaziantep from SHP.
He was appointed in 1991 Minister of Foreign Affairs in the coalition cabinet of Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel. He kept his seat in the coalition cabinet of Tansu Çiller, who took over the government leadership from Demirel after his rise to state presidency. Hikmet Çetin resigned from his post on July 27, 1994.
In 1995, the two left wing parties, SHP and CHP decided to merge, and their general assemblies agreed with the leadership of Hikmet Çetin. He was elected chairman on February 18, 1995. At the party convention held on September 9, 1995, he did not run for the chair of the Republican's People Party again and resigned.
Hikmet Çetin retook his seat in the Parliament in the 1995 general elections and was elected as the speaker of the parliament on October 16, 1997 and occupied this position until April 18, 1999.
[edit] Diplomatic duty
He was appointed on November 19, 2003 as NATO Secretary General's Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan, the highest-level political representative of NATO in this country, where it has held the command of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) since August 11, 2003. On January 26, 2004, he took office in Kabul, and served until August 24, 2006 two consecutive terms.
Hikmet Çetin is married with İnci, and together they have two children.
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[edit] External links
- Who is who (Turkish)
- Prime Ministry of Turkey official website (Turkish)
- Who is who at NATO?
- Photos from Çetin's departure in Kabul
| Preceded by: Safa Giray |
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey 1991–1994 |
Succeeded by: Mümtaz Soysal |
| Preceded by: Deniz Baykal |
Leader of the Republican^s People Party February 1995–September 1995 |
Succeeded by: Deniz Baykal |
| Preceded by: Mustafa Kalemli |
Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey 1997–1999 |
Succeeded by: Yıldırım Akbulut |
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| Leaders of the Republican's People Party |
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| Mustafa Kemal Atatürk • İsmet İnönü • Bülent Ecevit • Hikmet Çetin • Altan Öymen • Deniz Baykal |
| Speakers of the Parliament of the Republic of Turkey |  |
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| Grand National Assembly (1920 - 1960) Mustafa Kemal Atatürk • Ali Fethi Okyar • Kazım Özalp • Mustafa Abdulhalik Renda • Kazım Karabekir • Ali Fuat Cebesoy • Şükrü Saracoğlu • Refik Koraltan House of Representatives (1961) Kazım Orbay National Assembly (1961 - 1980) Fuat Sirmen • Ferruh Bozbeyli • Sabit Osman Avcı • Kemal Güven • Cahit Karakaş Consultative Assembly (1981 - 1983) Sadi Irmak Grand National Assembly (1983 - present) Necmettin Karaduman • Yıldırım Akbulut • İsmet Kaya Erdem • Hüsamettin Cindoruk • İsmet Sezgin • Mustafa Kalemli • Hikmet Çetin • Ömer İzgi • Bülent Arınç |
