List of ministers of finance of Turkey

Minister of Treasury and Finance
Hazine ve Maliye Bakanı
Logo of the ministry
Incumbent
Mehmet Şimşek
since 3 June 2023
Ministry of Treasury and Finance
AbbreviationHMB (in Turkish)
Member ofCabinet
Supreme Military Council
Economic Coordination Council
Reports toPresident
NominatorPresident
AppointerPresident
Formation2 May 1920
First holderHasan Fehmi Ataç
DeputyDeputy Minister
Websitewww.hmb.gov.tr

The minister of treasury and finance of Turkey (Turkish: Hazine ve Maliye Bakanı) is the head of the Ministry of Treasury and Finance and a member of the Cabinet of Turkey.

Ministers of finance of the Grand National Assembly (1920–1923)

# Name Took office Left office Chairman
(Cabinet)
1 Hakkı Behiç Bayiç 3 May 1920 17 July 1920 Atatürk
(I)
2 Ahmet Ferit Tek 17 July 1920 19 May 1921 Atatürk (I)
Çakmak (II)
3 Hasan Saka 19 May 1921 22 April 1922 Çakmak
(III)
4 Hasan Fehmi Ataç 22 April 1922 27 October 1923 Çakmak (III)
Orbay (IV)
Okyar (V)

Ministers of finance of the Republic of Turkey (1923–present)

# Portrait Name Took office Left office
1 Hasan Fehmi Ataç 30 October 1923 2 January 1924
2 Abdülhalik Renda 2 January 1924 21 May 1924
3 Recep Peker 21 May 1924 22 November 1924
4 Abdülhalik Renda 22 November 1924 3 March 1925
5 Hasan Saka 3 March 1925 13 July 1926
6 Abdülhalik Renda 13 July 1926 1 November 1927
7 Şükrü Saracoğlu 1 November 1927 25 December 1930
8 Abdülhalik Renda 25 December 1930 3 February 1934
9 Fuat Ağralı 3 February 1934 13 September 1944
10 Nurullah Esat Sumer 13 September 1944 7 August 1946
11 Halit Nazmi Keşmir 7 August 1946 23 March 1948
12 Hasan Şevket Adalan 27 March 1948 16 January 1949
13 İsmail Rüştü Aksal 16 January 1949 22 May 1950
14 Halil Ayan 22 May 1950 14 December 1950
15 Hasan Polatkan 14 December 1950 9 December 1955
16 Nedim Ökmen 9 December 1955 24 August 1956
17 Hasan Polatkan 3 December 1956 27 May 1960
18 Ekrem Alican 30 May 1960 26 December 1960
19 Mustafa Kemal Kurdaş 26 December 1960 20 November 1961
20 Osman Şefik İnan 20 November 1961 25 June 1962
21 Ferit Melen 25 June 1962 20 February 1965
22 Ihsan Gürsan 20 February 1965 2 November 1966
23 Nevzat Cihat Bilgehan 14 November 1966 3 November 1969
24 Ali Mesut Erez 3 November 1969 26 March 1971
25 Sait Naci Ergin 26 March 1971 22 May 1972
26 Ziya Müezzinoğlu 22 May 1972 15 April 1973
27 Sadık Tekin Müftüoğlu 15 April 1973 26 January 1974
28 Deniz Baykal 26 January 1974 17 November 1974
29 Bedri Gursoy 17 November 1974 31 March 1975
30 Yilmaz Ergenekon 31 March 1975 21 June 1977
31 Besim Üstünel 21 June 1977 21 July 1977
32 Nevzat Cihat Bilgehan 21 July 1977 5 January 1978
33 Ziya Müezzinoğlu 5 January 1978 12 November 1979
34 İsmet Sezgin 12 November 1979 12 September 1980
35 Kaya Erdem 20 September 1980 14 July 1982
36 Adnan Başer Kafaoğlu 14 July 1982 13 December 1983
37 Vural Arıkan 13 December 1983 26 October 1984
38 Ahmet Kurtcebe Alptemoçin 26 October 1984 30 March 1989
39 Ekrem Pakdemirli 30 March 1989 29 March 1990
40 Adnan Kahveci 29 March 1990 20 November 1991
41 Sümer Oral 20 November 1991 25 June 1993
42 İsmet Atilla 25 June 1993 6 March 1996
43 Lütfullah Kayalar 6 March 1996 28 June 1996
44 Abdüllatif Şener 28 June 1996 30 June 1997
45 Zekeriya Temizel 30 June 1997 28 May 1999
46 Sümer Oral 28 May 1999 19 November 2002
47 Kemal Unakıtan 19 November 2002 1 May 2009
48 Mehmet Şimşek 1 May 2009 24 November 2015
49 Naci Ağbal 24 November 2015 10 July 2018
50 Berat Albayrak 10 July 2018 9 November 2020
51 Lütfi Elvan 9 November 2020 2 December 2021
52 Nureddin Nebati 2 December 2021 3 June 2023
(48) Mehmet Şimşek 3 June 2023 Incumbent

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