Nazım Ekren

Nazım Ekren
Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
In office August 28, 2007 – May 1, 2009 Serving with Cemil Çiçek and Hayati Yazıcı
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by	Abdüllatif Şener, Abdullah Gül, Mehmet Ali Şahin
Succeeded by	Ali Babacan
Personal details
Born	December 4, 1956 (1956-12-04) (age 54) Istanbul, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Political party	Justice and Development Party (AKP)
Alma mater	Bursa Academy of Economics and Finance, Uludağ University
Profession	Academician, politician

Nazım Ekren (b. December 4, 1956 in Istanbul) was a Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey responsible for economic affairs.

Political career

He was appointed to his position in August 2007, succeeding Abdüllatif Şener. Ekren is a former professor of banking and international finance.

Ekren graduated in economics from the Bursa Academy of Economics and Finance (Iktisadi ve Ticari Ilimler Akdemisi), and then received a Masters degree and PhD from Uludağ University in Bursa, going on to a career as an academic in the field of economics at Marmara University in Istanbul.

Ekren was a founding member of Tayyip Erdoğan's Justice and Development Party (AKP). He was elected to the parliament in 2007 as deputy of Istanbul Province.

Nazım Ekren was appointed Deputy Prime Minister, responsible for coordinating economic affairs and for the management of:

• State Planning Organization (Turkey) (DPT)
• Turkish Statistical Institute (DİE)
• Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP) for regional development.

Ekren was also responsible for relations with:

• the state-owned banks: Ziraat Bank, Halk Bankası, Türkiye Kalkınma Bankası, and Financial Markets Board (SPK).
• Board of Banking Control and Inspection
• Saving Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF)

External links

• Grand National Assembly official website (Turkish)

Political offices
Preceded by Abdüllatif Şener Abdullah Gül Mehmet Ali Şahin	Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey with Cemil Çiçek and Hayati Yazıcı August 28, 2007–May 1, 2009	Succeeded by Ali Babacan

Persondata
Name	Ekren, Nazim
Alternative names
Short description	Economist, academics, poltician
Date of birth	December 4, 1956
Place of birth	Istanbul, Turkey
Date of death
Place of death