Sümer Oral

Oral started his career at the Finance Inspection Board of the Ministry of Finance on 20 July 1962.^[2] He was appointed general director of the budget and financial control division at the ministry in 1975.^[2] He retired from public service in 1977 and started his political career becoming a member of the Justice Party.^[1] He was elected as a deputy from Manisa in 1977.^[2] He was appointed minister of social security on 12 November 1979 which he held until the military coup on 12 September 1980.^[2]

Oral was elected as a deputy for the True Path Party representing again Manisa in the by-election held in 1986.^[2] He was also elected as a deputy from Manisa in the next general elections until 1999.^[2] He became a deputy from İzmir in the 1999 general elections.^[2] Oral was appointed minister of finance and customs in 1991 to cabinet led by Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel and remained in office until 1993.^[3] He joined the Nationalist Movement Party and was elected as a deputy for the party from Manisa in 2011.^[4]

Oral is married and has two children.^[1] He is fluent in French and published a book, Bir Devrin İzleri (Turkish: Traces of a Period), in 2021.^[2]