Former deputy minister of the Ministry of National Education, senior advisor to the President of the Republic of Türkiye, member of parliament and vice chairman of the board of Defense Technologies Engineering and Trade Inc. (STM A.Ş.). Co-founder of the ruling Justice and Development Party (

AK Party The Justice and Development Party ( , AK PARTİ), abbreviated officially as AK Party in English, is a political party in Turkey self-describing as conservative-democratic. It has been the ruling party of Turkey since 2002. Third-party sources ...

) and a permanent delegate to the Party’s congress. An honorary associate of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Co-chair of Turkish-British Tatlıdil Forum. Executive Board Member of Foreign Economic Relations Board, Coordinator of Asia-Pacific Business Councils, Chairman of the ASEAN Business Council and Chairman of Türkiye-Vietnam Business Council of DEİK. Board member of IC Holding.

Political career

In the formative period of Justice and Development Party, Denemeç was co-founder of the party and advisor to the Party Chairman,

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. He served on the Party's Decision-Making Board for 14 years and on the Executive Board as its vice chairman in charge of research and development for 10 years. He was elected from Ankara as a member of the parliament for three consecutive terms, and was a member of Democracy Committee in the Turkish Parliament. He was also a member of the International Board of Parliamentarians for Global Action, a non-profit, non-partisan international network of elected legislators. He was advisor of the founder and Chairman of Yeni Parti (New Party), Dr. Yusuf Bozkurt Özal. The party was established to carry out the "Second Transformation Program" of former President

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, who had aimed to establish an executive presidency with constitutional powers.

Council of Europe

From 2013 to 2015, he was the Chairman of the Turkish Delegation and Vice President of the

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in Strasbourg. He is an honorary associate of PACE. He was also awarded the pro merito medal in appreciation of his services for PACE.

Public sector

Denemeç began his career in the public sector as the executive assistant to the Undersecretary of State Planning Organization (now Presidency of the Strategy and Budget). He was later appointed as the executive assistant and advisor to the Minister of State, in charge of the Central Bank, Treasury, Foreign Trade, Planning, Privatization, Statistics and all public banks. After receiving his graduate degree, he returned to State Planning Organization and worked as an expert at the Directorate of Economic Models and Strategic Research. Then, he was appointed deputy secretary-general of the State Planning Organization. Thereafter, he became the acting secretary-general of the organization. He served on the Technical Board of

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Private sector

He served on the board of Başak Insurance, and was the chairman of Ataköy Otelcilik, the entity that owns the

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and

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hotels in

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. He also worked as a senior executive of an energy group of

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with wide ranging sectors throughout

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Education and military service

Denemeç graduated from the

Middle East Technical University Middle East Technical University (commonly referred to as METU; in Turkish language, Turkish, ''Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi'', ODTÜ) is a prestigious public university, public Institute of technology, technical university located in Ankara, ...

Ankara Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...

with a B.S. in

economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

. Later, he received his M.A. in economics from the

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. He also completed programs titled "Managing and Shaping Change in the Information Age" and "Innovation for Economic Development" at

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's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Denemeç served as a commando second lieutenant in the

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Family

Denemeç is married with two children.

References

External links

Justice and Development Party

{{DEFAULTSORT:Denemec, Reha Justice and Development Party (Turkey) politicians Living people University of Delaware alumni 1961 births Members of the 24th Parliament of Turkey Members of the 23rd Parliament of Turkey Members of the 22nd Parliament of Turkey Place of birth missing (living people) Middle East Technical University alumni