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Mehmet Şimşek (born 1 January 1967) is a Kurdish-Turkish politician and economist who currently serves as a Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey since 24 November 2015. He previously served as the Minister of Finance from 2009 to 2015, serving 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. In Prime Minister Erdoğan's second cabinet, Şimşek became a Minister of State responsible for the economy upon his election as an MP. In 2009, he became the Minister of Finance. He retained his position in Erdoğan's third cabinet and the first cabinet of Ahmet Davutoğlu, who took over as Prime Minister in 2014. As Finance Minister, Şimşek has formulated fiscal policy which has helped Turkey recover strongly from the global financial crisis of 2008. He has also undertaken far reaching reforms founding the Tax Audit Board, simplifying tax regulations, enhancing taxpayers’ rights, and reducing the shadow economy. ==Early life== Şimşek was born in 1967, in a small village in Batman, a province in Southeastern Turkey. Minister Şimşek is married and has twin girls.〔http://www.mehmetsimsek.org/index.php/en/biyografi/〕 He speaks Kurdish and English fluently and has both British and Turkish citizenships.〔(Turkish Grand National Assembly bio (Turkish) )〕〔(Atlantic Council Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum bio (English) )〕〔(European Stability Initiative bio (English) )〕〔(Maliye Ucak Bileti Reform (Turkish) )〕〔(Turkish-British Chamber of Commerce and Industry bio (English) )〕 Şimşek earned his B.Sc. in Economics from Ankara University in 1988. After working as research assistant in the chair of international economics and economic development, he was awarded a state scholarship to the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom, where he earned his M.Phil. in Finance and Investments in 1993. Şimşek previously worked as the chief economist and strategist for emerging Europe, Middle East and Africa region at Merrill Lynch in London for 7 years. At this time he had a number of contacts with the Turkish authorities and the Central Bank and had worked with the AKP government on economic policy. He also served as senior economist and bank analyst for Deutsche-Bender Securities from 1998 to 2000. Şimşek spent about a year in New York where he worked for UBS Securities in 1997. Prior to that, he was a senior economist at the US Embassy in Ankara for almost four years. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mehmet Şimşek」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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