Güneş Taner
Turkish statesperson (born 1949)
Güneş Taner (born 14 November 1949) is a Turkish politician and former government minister.
Early life
Güneş Taner was born in Istanbul to Cengiz Tahir Taner and his wife Süheyla on 14 November 1949.
He was educated in civil engineering at Yıldız Technical University, and literature at Faculty of Letters in Istanbul University. He received a master's degree in Industrial administration from State University of New York Polytechnic Institute. He has an honorary doctor title awarded by Plekhanov Russian University of Economics.
Taner was an executive at Citibank.
Politics career
He served as politics advisor to the prime minister, and was among the founders of the Motherland Party (Turkish: Anavatan Partisi, ANAP). He was elected to the parliament four times in 1987, 1991, 1995 and 1999 general elections representing Istanbul Province.
In 1990, Taner was appointed placeholder for the post of Minister of National Defense in the Yıldırım Akbulut cabinet, and was in office for a short term from 19 to 28 October. In the cabinet of Mesut Yılmaz, he served as Minister of State responsible for Economy between 30 June 1997 and 25 November 1998.
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