Tansu Çiller
| Tansu Çiller | |
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| 22nd Prime Minister of Turkey | |
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In office 25 June 1993 – 6 March 1996 |
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| President | Süleyman Demirel |
| Deputy |
Murat Karayalçın Hikmet Çetin Deniz Baykal |
| Preceded by | Süleyman Demirel |
| Succeeded by | Mesut Yılmaz |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey | |
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In office 28 June 1996 – 30 June 1997 |
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| Prime Minister | Necmettin Erbakan |
| Preceded by | Nahit Menteşe |
| Succeeded by | İsmet Sezgin |
| 36th Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 28 June 1996 – 30 June 1997 |
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| Prime Minister | Necmettin Erbakan |
| Preceded by | Emre Gönensay |
| Succeeded by | İsmail Cem İpekçi |
| Leader of the True Path Party | |
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In office 13 June 1993 – 14 December 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Süleyman Demirel |
| Succeeded by | Mehmet Ağar |
| Minister of State for the Economy | |
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In office 21 November 1991 – 25 June 1993 |
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| Prime Minister | Süleyman Demirel |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
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In office 20 October 1991 – 18 November 2002 |
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| Constituency | İstanbul (1991, 1995, 1999) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
24 May 1946 Istanbul, Turkey |
| Political party | True Path Party |
| Spouse(s) | Özer Uçuran Çiller |
| Alma mater |
Robert College University of New Hampshire University of Connecticut |
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Tansu Çiller (Turkish: [ˈtansʊ tʃiˈlːæɾ]; born 24 May 1946) is a Turkish academician, economist, and politician who served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Turkey from 1993 to 1996. She is Turkey's first and only female prime minister to date. As the leader of the True Path Party, she went on to concurrently serve as Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey and as Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1996 and 1997.
As a Professor of Economics, Çiller was appointed as Minister of State with responsibility for the economy by Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel in 1991. When Demirel was elected as President in 1993, Çiller was elected leader of the True Path Party and succeeded Demirel as Prime Minister. Her premiership preceded over the intensifying armed conflict between the Turkish Armed Forces and the Kurdish separatist PKK, resulting in Çiller enacting numerous reforms to national defence and implementing the Castle Plan. With a better equipped military, Çiller's government was able to persuade the United States to register the PKK as a terrorist organisation. Shortly after winning the 1994 local elections, large-scale capital flight due to the lack of confidence in Çiller's budget deficit targets led to the Turkish Lira and foreign currency reserves almost collapsing. Amid the subsequent economic crisis and austerity measures, her government signed the EU-Turkey Customs Union in 1995. Her government was alleged to have supported the 1995 Azeri coup d'état attempt and presided over an escalation of tensions with Greece after claiming sovereignty over the Imia/Kardak islets. Although the DYP came third in the 1995 general election, she remained as Prime Minister until Necmettin Erbakan formed a government in 1996 with Çiller becoming Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs.
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