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.

Previously he was a board member of the Family Finance Group.

During his tenure as minister of finance Unakitan presided over a number of situations primarily the Treasury's need to raise funds (!) at a time when Turkey had a large national debt and was failing to collect taxes to cover it. Unakıtan therefore

• sold forestry land to raise funds for the treasury
• raised fuel duties and other indirect taxation plus
• imposed extra duties and payments such as his "permanent earthquake fund"

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)

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Gül Cabinet (2002–2003)

Cabinet

Prime Minister

Abdullah Gül (2002–2003)

Deputy Prime Ministers

Mehmet Ali Şahin (2002–2003)
Abdüllatif Şener (2002–2003)
Ertuğrul Yalçınbayır (2002–2003)

Minister of State

Mehmet Aydın (2002–2003)
Beşir Atalay (2002–2003)
Ali Babacan (2002–2003)
Kürşad Tüzmen (2002–2003)

Minister of Justice

Cemil Çiçek (2002–2003)

Minister of National Defense

Mehmet Vecdi Gönül (2002–2003)

Minister of Interior

Abdülkadir Aksu (2002–2003)

Minister of Foreign Affairs

Yaşar Yakış (2002–2003)

Minister of Finance

Kemal Unakıtan (2002–2003)

Minister of National Education

Erkan Mumcu (2002–2003)

Minister of Public Works and Settlement

Zeki Ergezen (2002–2003)

Minister of Health

Recep Akdağ (2002–2003)

Minister of Transport and Communication

Binali Yıldırım (2002–2003)

Minister of Agriculture

Sami Güçlü (2002–2003)

Minister of Labour and Social Security

Murat Başesgioğlu (2002–2003)

Minister of Industry and Commerce

Ali Coşkun (2002–2003)

Minister of Energy and Natural Resources

Mehmet Hilmi Güler (2002–2003)

Minister of Culture

Hüseyin Çelik (2002–2003)

Minister of Tourism

Güldal Akşit (2002–2003)

Minister of Environment

İmdat Sütlüoğlu (2002–2003)

Minister of Forestry

Osman Pepe (2002–2003)