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Türkiye’s former Economy Minister Kemal Derviş dies at 74

Türkiye’s former Economy Minister Kemal Derviş dies at 74

Türkiye’s former Economy Minister Kemal Derviş breathed his final Monday within the U.S., the place he was receiving therapy, native media reported.

Derviş, who handed away on the age of 74, is claimed to have been present process therapy for Parkinson’s within the U.S. for some time.

The former minister, who was a U.Ok. and U.S.-educated economist, was appointed Türkiye’s minister of financial affairs in the course of the 2000-2001 monetary disaster, a publish he held till 2002.

He was elected to Parliament in the course of the Nov. 3, 2002 elections as a deputy of the Republican People’s Party (CHP).

Derviş had a protracted profession in worldwide growth and economics. He held a number of high-level positions on the World Bank and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

He acquired his undergraduate and postgraduate levels in economics from the London School of Economics (LSE) within the U.Ok. He accomplished his doctorate at Princeton University within the U.S.

Derviş delivered lectures on the Middle East Technical University (METU) and Princeton University between 1973 and 1977, earlier than he joined the World Bank the identical yr.

He was promoted to the position of vice chairman answerable for the Middle East and North Africa affairs in 1996.

Derviş was invited to Türkiye following the monetary crises of November 2000 and February 2001, and he resigned from his duties on the World Bank that he had held for 22 years.

Derviş assumed the position of financial system minister within the coalition authorities below former Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit.

He resigned in August 2002 after a disagreement with Devlet Bahçeli, the chief of Türkiye’s Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and deputy prime minister of the time.

Derviş was appointed head of the UNDP in 2005. He was succeeded by Helen Clark, the previous prime minister of New Zealand, in 2009.

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