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Tansu Çiller

Tansu Çiller
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22nd Prime Minister of Turkey
In office
25 June 1993 – 6 March 1996
President Süleyman Demirel
Deputy Murat Karayalçın
Hikmet Çetin
Deniz Baykal
Preceded by Süleyman Demirel
Succeeded by Mesut Yılmaz
Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
In office
28 June 1996 – 30 June 1997
Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan
Preceded by Nahit Menteşe
Succeeded by İsmet Sezgin
36th Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
28 June 1996 – 30 June 1997
Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan
Preceded by Emre Gönensay
Succeeded by İsmail Cem İpekçi
Leader of the True Path Party
In office
13 June 1993 – 14 December 2002
Preceded by Süleyman Demirel
Succeeded by Mehmet Ağar
Minister of State for the Economy
In office
21 November 1991 – 25 June 1993
Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel
Member of the Grand National Assembly
In office
20 October 1991 – 18 November 2002
Constituency İstanbul (1991, 1995, 1999)
Personal details
Born (1946-05-24) 24 May 1946 (age 70)
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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