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Kemal Unakıtan (born February 14, 1946 in Edirne, Turkey) 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.
He was formerly a board member of the Family Finance Group.
In his time as minister of finance he has presided over a number of situations primarily the Treasury's need to raise funds in a time when Turkey has a large national debt and is failing to collect taxes to cover it. Unakıtan has therefore had to
On March 7, 2008, Unakıtan received the Finance Minister of the Year Award from the business magazine The Banker.[1]
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Preceded by Sümer Oral |
Minister of Finance of Turkey Nov 19, 2002–May 1, 2009 |
Succeeded by Mehmet Şimşek |
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