Mehmet Akif Hamzaçebi (born 1 December 1953) is a Turkish politician and economist who has served as a Member of Parliament for Istanbul's 1st electoral district since 12 June 2011. Previously, he served as an MP for the

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Trabzon Trabzon, historically known as Trebizond, is a city on the Black Sea coast of northeastern Turkey and the capital of Trabzon Province. The city was founded in 756 BC as "Trapezous" by colonists from Miletus. It was added into the Achaemenid E ...

between 2002 and 2011. He is a member of the

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(CHP) of

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, having served as the party's spokesperson on planning and budgetary issues as well as a

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between 2010 and 2015.

Early life and career

Akif Hamzaçebi was born on 1 December 1953 in

Araklı Araklı (from Greek "Ηράκλεια" - ''Erakleia'') is a municipality and district of Trabzon Province, Turkey. Its area is 464 km2, and its population is 48,581 (2022). The mayor is Recep Çebi ( AKP). It is also claimed that the name "Ara ...

. He graduated from

Istanbul Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...

Bakırköy Bakırköy is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district in the European part of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 29 km2, and its population is 226,685 (2022). Bakırköy lies between the State road D.100 (Turkey), D.100 highway (l ...

high school in 1970, later graduating from

Ankara University Ankara University () is a public university, public research university in Ankara, the capital of Turkey. It was the first higher education institution founded in Turkey after the History of the Republic of Turkey, formation of the Turkish republ ...

Faculty of Political Science in 1974. He received his master's degree from

Gazi University Gazi University () is a Public university, public research university located primarily in Ankara, Turkey. It was founded in 1926 by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk originally as the Gazi Education Institute (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Gazi Eğitim Ens ...

Institute of Social Sciences Finance Department, focusing on income, establishments and the integration of taxation.

Civil Service

He began working at the

Ministry of Finance A ministry of finance is a ministry or other government agency in charge of government finance, fiscal policy, and financial regulation. It is headed by a finance minister, an executive or cabinet position . A ministry of finance's portfoli ...

General Directorate of Income. In 1974, he became the Deputy Revenue Office Inspector, rising to become the Revenue Office Inspector on 6 December 1977. Between 1983 and 1984, he received a year's worth of work experience in the

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. On 13 January 1985, he became the Chief Inspector of Revenue. Between 1986 and 1990, he served as the Deputy Treasurer of Istanbul, rising to become the Treasurer of Ankara between 5 February 1990 and 24 June 1993. Between 24 June 1993 and 4 September 1997, he served as the General Directorate of National Real Estate, becoming the Treasurer of Istanbul on 8 September 1997. He left this post on 2 March 1999, becoming the General Directorate of Income on 4 March 1999. He left this post on 3 November 2002 after being elected as a Member of Parliament in the 2002 general election for

. While serving as the General Director of Income, Hamzaçebi wrote as a columnist for the ''Finansal Forum'' newspaper, focusing on economic issues. He was also a member of the Underwater Sports Federation and the Volleyball Federation.

Political career

Hamzaçebi was elected as an MP in the 2002 general election for

and was re-elected in the 2007 general election. Between 2002 and 2007, he served on the Parliamentary Committee of Planning and Budgetary Issues. In the general election of 2011, he was elected as an MP for Istanbul's 1st electoral district and was re-elected in the June 2015 general election. He was the CHP spokesperson for planning and budgetary issues between 22 July 2007 and 1 June 2010, after which he served as a CHP

until 24 June 2015. He was part of the CHP delegation during coalition negotiations following the 2015 general election.

References

External links

MP profile on the Grand National Assembly websiteCollection of all relevant news items at Haberler.com
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Early life and career

Civil Service

Political career

See also

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