Abdüllatif Şener

Abdüllatif Şener
Leader of the Turkey Party
In office May 25, 2009 – present (&100000000000000020000002 years, &10000000000000273000000273 days)
Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
In office November 18, 2002 – August 29, 2007
Preceded by	Devlet Bahçeli Şükrü Sina Gürel Mesut Yılmaz
Succeeded by	Cemil Çiçek Hayati Yazıcı Nazım Ekren
Minister of Finance of Turkey
In office June 28, 1996 – June 30, 1997
Preceded by	Lütfullah Kayalar
Succeeded by	Zekeriya Temizel
Personal details
Born	1954 (age 57–58) Gürün, Sivas Province, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Political party	Turkey Party (TP) (2007-present) Justice and Development Party (AKP) (2001-2007) Virtue Party (FP) (1998-2001) Welfare Party (RP) (1991-1998)
Alma mater	Ankara University, Gazi University
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Finance, academic
Religion	Islam

Abdüllatif Şener (born 1954) is a former Finance Minister in the 54th cabinet of the Turkish Government and served as the Deputy Prime Minister in the 58th and 59th cabinets of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Şener was born in Gürün, Sivas Province in Turkey. He graduated from the School of Political Sciences at Ankara University. He earned his PhD degree from Gazi University in Ankara. He lectured on finance at Gazi University and Hacettepe University, before he served as a controller in the Department of Revenues within the Ministry of Finance.

Şener entered politics and was elected 1991 deputy of Sivas Province from the Islamist Welfare Party (RP). Following the ban of the Welfare Party in 1998, he became member of the newly established Virtue Party (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 Grand National Assembly of Turkey as deputy of Sivas Province.

He did not run for a seat in the parliament in the 2007 general elections again. After leaving the AK Party, he formed a new party; it was officially announced on 27 May 2009 and is called Turkey Party (Türkiye Partisi).

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Party political offices
Preceded by Newly Founded	Leader of the Turkey Party May 25, 2009–present	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Lütfullah Kayalar	Minister of Finance of Turkey June 28, 1996–June 30, 1997	Succeeded by Zekeriya Temizel
Preceded by Devlet Bahçeli Şükrü Sina Gürel Mesut Yılmaz	Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey Nov 18, 2002–Agu 29, 2007	Succeeded by Cemil Çiçek Hayati Yazıcı Nazım Ekren