Ziya Müezzinoğlu
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Ziya Müezzinoğlu | |
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| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 5 January 1978 – 1979 | |
| Prime Minister | Bülent Ecevit |
| Minister of Commerce | |
| In office 21 June 1977 – 27 July 1977 | |
| President | Fahri Korutürk |
| Prime Minister | Bülent Ecevit |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 2 May 1972 – 1973 | |
| Prime Minister | Ferit Melen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 May 1919 |
| Died | 13 June 2020 (aged 101) |
| Party | Republican People's Party |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Ankara University |
Ziya Müezzinoğlu (1919–2020) was a Turkish economist, diplomat and politician. He held various posts, including ambassador of Turkey to West Germany and minister of finance.
Müezzinoğlu was born in Kayseri on 5 May 1919.[1] He was educated at the Faculty of Political Science, Ankara University.[1]
Career
After his graduation in 1942 Müezzinoğlu joined at the Ministry of Finance where he first worked in the Finance Inspection Board.[2] He became an inspectorate of finance in 1946.[2] Between 1959 and 1960 he served as the director general of the treasury.[2] Following the military coup on 27 May 1960 he was elected to the Constituent Assembly.[1] In 1962 he was appointed undersecretary of the State Planning Organization which he held until 1964 when he was named as the ambassador of Turkey to West Germany.[1] From January 1967 he served as the permanent representative of Turkey at the European Economic Community.[1] The same year he also became the representative of Turkey at the European Coal and Steel Union and the European Atomic Energy Community.[2]
On 22 May 1972 Müezzinoğlu was appointed finance minister to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Ferit Melen and remained in office until 1973.[1][2] Following the military intervention of Turkey in Cyprus Müezzinoğlu was named as the head of the Coordination Council in August 1974.[3] The council was designed to reorganization of the region under Turkish administration.[3] Müezzinoğlu was in office until July 1975.[3] He was elected to the Turkish Senate for the Republican People's Party in 1975 from his hometown, Kayseri.[1]
Müezzinoğlu was elected as a senator from Kayseri in 1977.[4] On 21 June 1977 he was appointed minister of commerce to the second cabinet of Bülent Ecevit.[5] The cabinet could not get a vote of confidence at the Parliament on 3 July,[5] and Müezzinoğlu's term ended on 27 July.[4]
Müezzinoğlu was again appointed minister of finance on 5 January 1978[6] and served in the cabinet headed by Ecevit until 1979.[2]
