Abdüllatif Şener (born 1954) is a Turkish politician. He was

Minister of Finance of Turkey Minister may refer to: * Minister (Christianity), a Christian cleric ** Minister (Catholic Church) * Minister (government), a member of government who heads a ministry (government department) ** Minister without portfolio, a member of government w ...

from 1996 to 1997 and

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from 2002 to 2007, under Prime Minister

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Life and career

Şener was born in

Gürün Gürün is a town in Sivas Province of Turkey. It is the seat of Gürün District.İlçe Beled ...

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. He graduated from the School of Political Sciences at

Ankara University Ankara University () is a public university, public research university in Ankara, the capital of Turkey. It was the first higher education institution founded in Turkey after the History of the Republic of Turkey, formation of the Turkish republ ...

. He earned his

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degree from

Gazi University Gazi University () is a Public university, public research university located primarily in Ankara, Turkey. It was founded in 1926 by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk originally as the Gazi Education Institute (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Gazi Eğitim Ens ...

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. He lectured on finance at Gazi University and

Hacettepe University Hacettepe University () is a public research university in Ankara, Turkey. It was established on 8 July 1967. It is ranked first among the Turkish universities by University Ranking by Academic Performance in 2021. The university has two main c ...

, before he served as a controller in the Department of Revenues within the Ministry of Finance. Şener entered politics and was elected in 1991 as deputy of Sivas Province from the Islamist

Welfare Party The Welfare Party (, RP) was an Islamist political party in Turkey. It was founded by Ali Türkmen, Ahmet Tekdal, and Necmettin Erbakan in Ankara in 1983 as heir to two earlier parties, National Order Party (MNP) and National Salvation Party ...

(Turkish: Refah Partisi, abbreviated RP). He was Minister of Finance from 1996 to 1997. Following the ban of the Welfare Party in 1998, he became a member of the newly established

Virtue Party Virtue Party (, FP) was an Islamist political party established on 17 December 1997 in Turkey. It was found unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court and then banned on 22 June 2001 for violating the secularist articles of the Constitution. A ...

(Turkish: Fazilet Partisi, abbreviated FP), which was also banned after three years in 2001. He was co-founder of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in 2001. He was elected to the

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as deputy of Sivas Province, and he served under the AKP government as Deputy Prime Minister from 2002 to 2007. He did not run for a seat in parliament in the 2007 general elections. After leaving the AK Party, he formed a new party; it was officially announced on 27 May 2009 and named the Turkey Party (''Türkiye Partisi''). Şener announced that the Turkey Party was officially closed on 27 August 2012 due to difficulties in maintaining its political goals outside of parliament. In an interview with

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, Şener strongly condemned the AK Party's handling of the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sener, Abdullatif 1954 births Living people People from Gürün Welfare Party politicians Virtue Party politicians Justice and Development Party (Turkey) politicians Turkey Party politicians Turkish people of Circassian descent Deputy prime ministers of Turkey Ministers of finance of Turkey Deputies of Sivas Leaders of political parties in Turkey Turkish civil servants Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences alumni Gazi University alumni Academic staff of Gazi University Academic staff of Hacettepe University Members of the 22nd Parliament of Turkey Members of the 21st Parliament of Turkey Members of the 20th Parliament of Turkey Members of the 54th government of Turkey