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Ziya Müezzinoğlu
Ziya Müezzinoğlu
Minister of Finance
	In office; 5 January 1978 – 1979
Prime Minister	Bülent Ecevit
Minister of Commerce
	In office; 21 June 1977 – 27 July 1977
President	Fahri Korutürk
Prime Minister	Bülent Ecevit
Minister of Finance
	In office; 2 May 1972 – 1973
Prime Minister	Ferit Melen
Personal details
Born	5 May 1919; Kayseri, Ottoman Empire
Died	13 June 2020 (aged 101); Antalya, Turkey
Nationality	Turk
Political party	Republican People's Party
Children	2
Alma mater	Ankara University

Ziya Müezzinoğlu (1919–2020) was a Turkish economist, diplomat and politician. He held various posts, including ambassador of Turkey to West Germany and minister of finance.

Early life and education

Müezzinoğlu was born in Kayseri on 5 May 1919.^[1] He was educated at the Faculty of Political Science, Ankara University.^[1]

Career

After his graduation in 1942 Müezzinoğlu joined at the Ministry of Finance where he first worked in the Finance Inspection Board.^[2] He became an inspectorate of finance in 1946.^[2] Between 1959 and 1960 he served as the director general of the treasury.^[2] Following the military coup on 27 May 1960 he was elected to the Constituent Assembly.^[1] In 1962 he was appointed undersecretary of the State Planning Organization which he held until 1964 when he was named as the ambassador of Turkey to West Germany.^[1] From January 1967 he served as the permanent representative of Turkey at the European Economic Community.^[1] The same year he also became the representative of Turkey at the European Coal and Steel Union and the European Atomic Energy Community.^[2]

On 22 May 1972 Müezzinoğlu was appointed finance minister to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Ferit Melen and remained in office until 1973.^[1]^[2] Following the military intervention of Turkey in Cyprus Müezzinoğlu was named as the head of the Coordination Council in August 1974.^[3] The council was designed to reorganization of the region under Turkish administration.^[3] Müezzinoğlu was in office until July 1975.^[3] He was elected to the Turkish Senate for the Republican People's Party in 1975 from his hometown, Kayseri.^[1]

Müezzinoğlu was elected as a senator from Kayseri in 1977.^[4] On 21 June 1977 he was appointed minister of commerce to the second cabinet of Bülent Ecevit.^[5] The cabinet could not get a vote of confidence at the Parliament on 3 July,^[5] and Müezzinoğlu's term ended on 27 July.^[4]

Müezzinoğlu was again appointed minister of finance on 5 January 1978^[6] and served in the cabinet headed by Ecevit until 1979.^[2]

Later years, personal life and death

Following his retirement from politics in 1990 Müezzinoğlu was involved in the establishment of several foundations, including Türkiye Ekonomik ve Sosyal Etütler Vakfı (Turkish: Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation), Çağdaş Demokrasi Vakfı (Turkish: Contemporary Democracy Foundation) and Türkiye–Avrupa Vakfı (Turkish: Foundation of Turkey–Europa)^[1]

He was married and had two children.^[7]

Müezzinoğlu died in Antalya on 13 June 2020.^[2]^[8] He was buried at the Kötekli Belen cemetery in Antalya on 15 June after the funeral prayers.^[2]^[8]