İsmail Rüştü Aksal (1911 – September 13, 1989) was a Turkish civil servant and politician.

Biography

He was born in

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district of

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in 1911. After graduating from the

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in 1930 and Faculty of Political Sciences in 1933, he succeeded in equivalence exam of law. Up to 1946 he served as a civil servant in the

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and the

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. During the

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years he served as a finance advisor of the Turkish embassy in

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. In 1946 he went into politics and he served in the Turkish parliament in 1946–1950, 1957–1960, 1961–1965 terms. In 1969 he quit politics. He served in the board of management of İş Bankası. He died on 13 September 1989 in

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As a politician

In 1946, he joined the

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(CHP) and was elected as the MP from

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. He quickly attracted attention as a finance expert. In the 18th government of Turkey (16 January 1949 – 22 May 1950) he served as the Minister of Finance. During this term he reformed Turkish tax system.Essay of Aksal by Ziya Müezzinoğlu
/ref> Upon the defeat of his party in 1950 general elections he began serving as a lawyer until 1957 when he was elected as the MP from

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. In 1959 he was elected as the secretary general of CHP with the support of

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, the leader of the party. His term as MP ended on 27 May 1960 by the

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. But in 1961 he was appointed as a member of constituent assembly. In the same year following the end of military regime, he was reelected as an MP from

. Although he continued to serve in the parliament, in 1962 congress of his party he didn't accept serving another term as the secretary general and he supported his friend

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instead. In 1965 general elections, he didn't become a candidate and in 1969 he quit politics.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Aksal, Ismail Rustu 1911 births 1989 deaths Ministers of finance of Turkey Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians Istanbul High School alumni Members of the 18th government of Turkey