Mehmet Şimşek
Mehmet Şimşek | |
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Şimşek in 2014 | |
| Minister of Treasury and Finance | |
| Assumed office 4 June 2023 | |
| President | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Preceded by | Nureddin Nebati |
| In office 1 May 2009 – 24 November 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Ahmet Davutoğlu |
| Preceded by | Kemal Unakıtan |
| Succeeded by | Naci Ağbal |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey | |
| In office 24 November 2015 – 9 July 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Ahmet Davutoğlu Binali Yıldırım |
| Serving with | List
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| Preceded by | Cevdet Yılmaz |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Minister of State for the Economy | |
| In office 28 August 2007 – 1 May 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Preceded by | Ali Babacan |
| Succeeded by | Ali Babacan |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
| In office 22 July 2007 – 7 July 2018 | |
| Constituency | Gaziantep (2007, June 2015, Nov 2015) Batman (2011) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1967 Gercüş, Turkey |
| Citizenship | British-Turkish |
| Political party | Justice and Development Party |
| Spouse(s) | Annalise Granwald (1999–2009) Esra Kara (2010–present) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Ankara University University of Exeter |
| Cabinet | 60th, 61st, 62nd, 63rd, 64th, 65th, 67th |
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Mehmet Şimşek (born 1 January 1967) is a Turkish politician and economist, who has been serving as the Minister of Treasury and Finance since 4 June 2023. He was the Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey from 24 November 2015 until the office's abolition on 9 July 2018. He previously served as the minister of finance from 2009 to 2015, in the cabinets of Prime Ministers of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Ahmet Davutoğlu. As a member of the Justice and Development Party, he was elected as a Member of Parliament for Gaziantep in the 2007 general election and for Batman in the 2011 general election.
In Prime Minister Erdoğan's second cabinet (2007-2011), Şimşek became a minister of state responsible for the economy upon his election as an MP. In 2009, he became the minister of finance. He retained his position in Erdoğan's third cabinet and the first cabinet of Ahmet Davutoğlu, who took over as prime minister in 2014.
As finance minister, Şimşek formulated fiscal policy which helped Turkey recover strongly from the 2008 financial crisis. He also undertook far reaching reforms founding the Tax Audit Board, simplifying tax regulations, enhancing taxpayers’ rights, and reducing the shadow economy.