Nazım Ekren (b 1956) is a Deputy Prime Minister of
Turkey responsible for economic affairs. He was appointed to his current position in August 2007, succeeding
Abdüllatif Şener. Ekren is a former professor of banking and international finance. Ekren grqaduated in economics at
Bursa Academy of Economics and Finance (Iktisadi ve Ticari Ilimler Akdemisi), and then received a Masters degree and Phd from
Uludağ University in Bursa, going on to a career as an academic in the field of economics. Ekren was a founding member of
Tayyip Erdoğan's
Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi.
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