Reha Denemeç

Reha Denemeç (born 1961 in Turkey) is a senior advisor to the President of Turkey.

Education and military service

Denemeç graduated from the Middle East Technical University in Ankara in 1984 with a B.S. in economics. In 1991, he received an M.A. in economics from the University of Delaware. He also studied economic development and the Information Age at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Denemeç served as a commando second lieutenant in the Turkish Armed Forces until 1986.

Career

Denemeç began his career in the public sector in the late 1980s as the executive assistant to the undersecretary of Turkey's State Planning Organization. In 1993, he began advising Yusuf Özal, the founder and chairman of the Yeni Parti (New Party). The party was created to carry out the "second transformation program" of Özal's deceased brother, former President Turgut Özal, who had aimed to establish an executive presidency with constitutional powers.

In 1997, Denemeç was appointed deputy secretary-general of the State Planning Organization's Directorate of Economic Models and Strategic Research (now the Ministry of Development). Shortly thereafter, he became the acting secretary-general of the agency. He served on the technical board of the Turkish Standards Institution and on the board of the Başak insurance company, and was the chairman of Ataköy Otelcilik A.Ş., the entity that owns the Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza hotel chains in Istanbul.

In the formative period of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), leading up to its first national election victory in 2002, Denemeç was an advisor to the party chairman, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who would later become president. He served on the party's board from 2001–2015, and as its vice chairman in charge of research and development for ten years. He also represented Ankara in the Turkish Parliament for three terms, from 2002–2015, and was a member of its Democracy Committee.

Denemeç is a member of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly.[1] He was also a member of the board of Parliamentarians for Global Action, a non-profit, non-partisan international network of elected legislators.

References

  1. ↑ "PACE Member File: Reha DENEMEÇ". assembly.coe.int. Retrieved 2016-08-30.

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