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Mehmet Şimşek

1967 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Mehmet Şimşek is the 17,680th most popular politician (down from 17,338th in 2024), the 1,294th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 1,299th in 2019) and the 499th most popular Turkish Politician.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Mehmet Şimşek ranks 484. Before him are Renhō, James McTeigue, Ainars Bagatskis, Coffi Codjia, Nobuyuki Hiyama, and Valeriy Heletey. After him are Maylis de Kerangal, Cyril Suk, Pervin Buldan, Muhsin al-Ramli, Reiko Yoshida, and Risto Laakkonen.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Mehmet Şimşek ranks 1,294 out of 1,347. Before him are Songül Öden (1979), Aydan Şener (1963), Theophylact (793), Melike İpek Yalova (1984), Ersun Yanal (1961), and Bennu Yıldırımlar (1969). After him are Pervin Buldan (1967), Ertuğrul Sağlam (1969), Burak Deniz (1991), Demet Akalın (1972), Yusuf Yazıcı (1997), and Turgut Aykaç (1958).

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Mehmet Şimşek ranks 499. Before him are Türkân Akyol (1928), Hatı Çırpan (1890), Naim Talu (1919), Ali Babacan (1967), Berat Albayrak (1978), and İbrahim Kalın (1971). After him are Pervin Buldan (1967), Süleyman Soylu (1969), Dilan Yeşilgöz (1977), İsmet Yılmaz (1961), Mustafa Şentop (1968), and Figen Yüksekdağ (1971).

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