Kemal Unakıtan

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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]

Reference

  1. ^ "Finance Minister of the Year: Kemal Unakitan". The Banker. 2008-01-02. http://www.thebanker.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/5550/Finance_Minister_of_the_Year__Europe:_Kemal_Unakitan,_Finance_Minister,Turkey.html. Retrieved 2008-01-02. 
Political offices
Preceded by
Sümer Oral		 Minister of Finance of Turkey
Nov 19, 2002–May 1, 2009		 Succeeded by
Mehmet Şimşek
Deputy Prime Ministers
Mehmet Ali Şahin • Abdüllatif Şener • Ertuğrul Yalçınbayır
Minister of State
Minister of Justice
Minister of National Defense
Minister of the Interior
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Minister of Finance
Kemal Unakıtan
Minister of National Education
Minister of Public Works and Settlement
Minister of Health
Minister of Transport and Communication
Minister of Agriculture
Minister of Labour and Social Security
Minister of Industry and Commerce
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
Minister of Culture
Minister of Tourism
Minister of Environment
İmdat Sütlüoğlu
Minister of Forestry
Deputy Prime Ministers
Abdullah Gül (2003–2007)
Mehmet Ali Şahin (2003–2007)
Abdüllatif Şener (2003–2007)
Minister of State
Ali Babacan (2003–2007)
Güldal Akşit (2003-2005) • Nimet Çubukçu (2005–2007)
Mehmet Aydın (2003–2007)
Kürşad Tüzmen (2003–2007)
Beşir Atalay (2003–2007)
Minister of Justice
Cemil Çiçek (2003–2007) • Fahri Kasırga (2007)
Minister of National Defense
Mehmet Vecdi Gönül (2003–2007)
Minister of the Interior
Abdülkadir Aksu (2003–2007) • Osman Güneş (2007)
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Abdullah Gül (2003–2007)
Minister of Finance
Kemal Unakıtan (2003–2007)
Minister of National Education
Hüseyin Çelik (2003–2007)
Minister of Public Works and Settlement
Zeki Ergezen (2003-2007) • Faruk Nafız Özak (2005–2007)
Minister of Health
Recep Akdağ (2003–2007)
Minister of Transport and Communication
Binali Yıldırım (2003–2007) • İsmet Yılmaz (2007)
Minister of Agriculture
Sami Güçlü (2003–2005) • Mehmet Mehdi Eker (2005–2007)
Minister of Labour and Social Security
Murat Başesgioğlu (2003–2007)
Minister of Industry and Commerce
Ali Coşkun (2003–2007)
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
Mehmet Hilmi Güler (2003–2007)
Minister of Culture and Tourism
Erkan Mumcu (2003–2005) • Atilla Koç (2005–2007)
Minister of Environment and Forestry
Osman Pepe (2003–2007)
Deputy Prime Ministers
Cemil Çiçek (2007–2011)
Hayati Yazıcı (2007–2009) • Bülent Arınç (2009–2011)
Nazım Ekren (2007–2009) • Ali Babacan (2009–2011)
Minister of State
Mehmet Aydın (2007–2011)
Kürşad Tüzmen (2007-2009) • Mehmet Zafer Çağlayan (2009–2011)
Nimet Çubukçu (2007–2009) • Selma Aliye Kavaf (2009–2011)
Cevdet Yılmaz (2009–2011)
Mustafa Sait Yazıcıoğlu (2007–2009) • Faruk Çelik (2009–2011)
Murat Başesgioğlu (2007–2009) • Faruk Nafız Özak (2009–2011)
Egemen Bağış (2009–2011)
Hayati Yazıcı (2009–2011)
Minister of Justice
Mehmet Ali Şahin (2007–2009) • Sadullah Ergin (2009–2011)
Minister of National Defense
Mehmet Vecdi Gönül (2007–2011)
Minister of the Interior
Beşir Atalay (2007–2011)
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ali Babacan (2007–2009) • Ahmet Davutoğlu (since 2009–2011)
Minister of Finance
Kemal Unakıtan (2007–2009) • Mehmet Şimşek (2009–2011)
Minister of National Education
Hüseyin Çelik (2007–2009) • Nimet Çubukçu (2009–2011)
Minister of Public Works and Settlement
Faruk Nafız Özak (2007-2009) • Mustafa Demir (2009–2011)
Minister of Health
Recep Akdağ (2007–2011)
Minister of Transport and Communication
Binali Yıldırım (2007–2011)
Minister of Agriculture
Mehmet Mehdi Eker (2007–2011)
Minister of Labour and Social Security
Faruk Çelik (2007–2009) • Ömer Dinçer (2009–2011)
Minister of Industry and Commerce
Mehmet Zafer Çağlayan (2007–2009) • Nihat Ergün (2009–2011)
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
Mehmet Hilmi Güler (2007–2009) • Taner Yıldız (2009–2011)
Minister of Culture and Tourism
Ertuğrul Günay (2007–2011)
Minister of Environment and Forestry
Veysel Eroğlu (2007–2011)