Kemal Derviş
Kemal Derviş (Turkish pronunciation: [keˈmal deɾviʃ]; 10 January 1949 – 8 May 2023) was a Turkish economist and politician who was head of the United Nations Development Programme. He was honored by the government of Japan for having "contributed to mainstreaming Japan's development assistance policy through the United Nations". In 2005, he was ranked 67th in the Top 100 Public Intellectuals Poll conducted by Prospect and Foreign Policy magazines. He was vice president and director of the global economy and development program at the Brookings Institution and part-time professor of international economics at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva.
Kemal Derviş | |
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Derviş in 2006 | |
| Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme | |
| In office 15 August 2005 – 28 February 2009 | |
| Secretary-General | Ban Ki-moon |
| Preceded by | Mark Malloch Brown |
| Succeeded by | Helen Clark |
| Minister of Economic Affairs | |
| In office 13 March 2001 – 10 August 2002 | |
| Prime Minister | Bülent Ecevit |
| Preceded by | Recep Önal |
| Succeeded by | Masum Türker |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 January 1949 Istanbul, Turkey |
| Died | 8 May 2023 (aged 74) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Republican People's Party |
| Spouse | Catherine Derviş |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics (BSc, MSc) Princeton University (PhD) |
In March 2015, Derviş agreed to become the Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey responsible for the economy in a cabinet led by Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu should his party form the government after the general election to be held in June. He declined to become a Member of Parliament however, stating that he would prefer to participate in the cabinet from outside the Parliament.