Hasan Hüsnü Saka (1885 – 29 July 1960) was a
Turkish politician,
minister of foreign affairs
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, and
prime minister of Turkey
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.
Political career
He graduated from
''Mekteb-i Mülkiye'' (
English: School of Civil Service) in 1908. Hasan Saka started working for government in "Divan-ı Muhasebat" (Council of Accounts). He was sent to
France
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for further education by the
Ottoman government in 1909. After graduating from the School of Political Science with a diplomacy major, he returned home to continue his prior job.
He was elected as a member of the Ottoman Parliament in
Istanbul
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at its last term and kept his position until the parliament was closed. He was elected as a member of
Grand National Assembly of Turkey
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from
Trabzon
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at its first term on 28 January 1921. He was a member of the Turkish delegation at the Lausanne Conference.
Saka was appointed minister of foreign affairs on 13 September 1944. He quit this position on 9 September 1947 when the entire cabinet resigned.
He was appointed prime minister on 10 September 1947. He formed his second cabinet on 10 June 1948.
He resigned from office on 9 September 1949 but continued to be a member of parliament. His political life ended in 1954 when he decided not to run for the parliament again.
He died on 29 July 1960 in Istanbul, and was laid to rest at the
Zincirlikuyu Cemetery
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The ce ...
.
References
Ministry of Defence of Republic of Turkey
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1885 births
1960 deaths
20th-century prime ministers of Turkey
Politicians from Trabzon
Ministers of foreign affairs of Turkey
Burials at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery
Ministers of national defence of Turkey
Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians
Ministers of finance of Turkey
Deputies of Trabzon
Members of the 1st government of Turkey
Members of the 2nd government of Turkey
Members of the 4th government of Turkey
Members of the 15th government of Turkey
Members of the 16th government of Turkey
Members of the 17th government of Turkey
Mekteb-i Mülkiye alumni
Members of the 2nd Parliament of Turkey
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