Faik Öztrak (born 26 March 1954) is a

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politician who served as the deputy leader of the

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(CHP) from 2010 to 2015. He has been a Member of Parliament for the

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since 2007, having first been elected at the 2007 general election. He was re-elected in

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, June 2015 and November 2015. Between 2010 and 2014, he served as the CHP's head accountant.

Early life

Family

Faik Öztrak was born on 26 March 1954 as the son of

Orhan Öztrak Orhan Öztrak (1914–1995) was a Turkish jurist and politician who served as the minister of interior and the minister of customs and monopolies. He was a member of the Parliament and of the Senate. Early life and education He was born in Malk ...

, a former

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, in Ankara. He is the grandson of former interior minister Mustafa Faik Öztrak and the nephew of the TRT's first general secretary Adnan Öztrak and former chief advisor to the Presidency İlhan Öztrak.

Education

Öztrak studied at

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and graduated in 1973, later graduating from the Department of Economics and Finance at the

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Faculty of Political Sciences in 1977. He received a

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at the

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in the

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on the subject of financial development.

Career

Bureaucratic career

In 1978, Öztrak joined the State Planning Organisation (DPT) as an assistant expert. Specialising on financial affairs, Öztrak was also involved in negotiations on an international scale. After 1987, he served as the President of the DPT's Annual Programs and Funding Department, Vice President of the Economic Planning Department, the General Manager of Economic Planning and also a deputy undersecretary. In 2000, he began working at the Banking Regulation and Supervision Institution and served as its vice president. Following the 2001 financial crash, he became part of the new team of economic policymakers and was appointed as the Undersecretary to the Treasury.

Academic career and journalism

After leaving the Treasury in 2003, Öztrak began writing as a columnist for the ''

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'' newspaper twice a week on economic policies. He served as a visiting lecturer at the

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Department of Economics, teaching macroeconomics and stability programs. He also briefly taught at

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. He also co-authored a paper on Turkey's accession to the

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along with other experts from the

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(CEPS).

Political career

Öztrak became a Member of Parliament for the

since 2007, having first been elected at the 2007 general election. He was re-elected in

, June 2015 and November 2015. Between 2010 and 2014, he became the Deputy Leader of the CHP responsible for economic policy and was later appointed as Deputy Leader responsible for

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s in 2014.

References

External links

MP profile at the Grand National Assembly websiteCollection of all relevant news items at Haberler.com
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