Kemal Unakıtan

Kemal Unakıtan (February 14, 1946 – October 12, 2016) 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 born in Edirne.

Kemal Unakıtan
Minister of Finance
In office 19 November 2002 – 1 May 2009
Prime Minister	Abdullah Gül Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by	Sümer Oral
Succeeded by	Mehmet Şimşek
Personal details
Born	(1946-02-14)14 February 1946 Edirne, Turkey
Died	12 October 2016(2016-10-12) (aged 70) Istanbul, Turkey
Political party	Justice and Development Party
Alma mater	Gazi University
Occupation	Civil servant, politician
Cabinet	58th, 59th, 60th

On March 7, 2008, Unakıtan received the Finance Minister of the Year Award from the business magazine The Banker.^[1]

He died on October 12, 2016, after a prolonged illness.^[2]

Books

• Nedim Şener (2005), Fırsatlar Ülkesinde Bir Kemal Abi (A Kemal Abi in A Land of Opportunities)