Hikmet Çetin

20th Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey

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Hikmet Çetin

Çetin in 2011

1st NATO Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan
In office
9 November 2003 – 24 August 2006
Succeeded by| Daan W. Everts
Speaker of the Grand National Assembly
In office
16 October 1997 – 18 April 1999
President| Süleyman Demirel
Preceded by| Mustafa Kalemli
Succeeded by| Yıldırım Akbulut
Leader of the Republican People's Party
In office
18 February 1995 – 9 September 1995
Preceded by| Deniz Baykal
Succeeded by| Deniz Baykal
Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
In office
27 March 1995 – 5 October 1995
Prime Minister| Tansu Çiller
Preceded by| Murat Karayalçın
Succeeded by| Deniz Baykal
In office
3 October 1978 – 12 November 1979

Serving with Orhan Eyüboğlu
and Faruk Sükan

Prime Minister| Bülent Ecevit
Preceded by| Turhan Feyzioğlu
Succeeded by| Turgut Özal
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
21 November 1991 – 27 July 1994
Prime Minister| Süleyman Demirel
Preceded by| Safa Giray
Succeeded by| Mümtaz Soysal
Member of the Grand National Assembly
In office
29 November 1987 – 18 April 1999
Constituency| Gaziantep (1991, 1995)
Diyarbakır (1987)
In office
5 June 1977 – 12 September 1980
Constituency| İstanbul (1977)
Personal details
Born|  (1937-08-10) 10 August 1937 (age 87)
Lice, Diyarbakır Province, Turkey
Political party| Party for Change (2020-2023)
Other political
affiliations| Republican People's Party (1955–1980; 1995–2020)
SHP (1983–1995)
Spouse| İnci Cetin
Children| 2
Alma mater| Ankara University
Williams College
Profession| Economist

Hikmet Çetin (born 10 August 1937)[1][2][3] is a Turkish retired politician of Kurdish origin.[4] He held various national posts during his career, including Foreign Affairs Minister (1991–1994) and Speaker of the Grand National Assembly (1997–1999). In November 2003, he was appointed NATO's inaugural Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan.

## Early life

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He was born in Lice, a town in the southeastern Diyarbakır Province. After completing primary school in his hometown and high school in Ankara, he graduated in 1960 with a B.A. degree in Economics and Finance from Ankara University's School of Political Sciences.

After completing his education, Hikmet Çetin joined the State Planning Organization (Turkish: Devlet Planlama Teşkilatı, DPT). Shortly after, he was sent abroad and also to the United States, where he received his M.A. in "Economics of development" from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA. In 1968, he did research work on "Planning models" at the Stanford University, California, USA. After returning home, he completed his military service in 1970 and worked as the head of Economics Planning Department at the DPT until 1977. During this time, he was a part-time lecturer at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara.

## Political career

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Hikmet Çetin stepped into politics in the 1977 general elections as deputy of Istanbul from the Republican People's Party (CHP). Between 1978 and 1979, he served as Minister of State and later as Deputy Prime Minister in the cabinet of the Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit. Following the 1980 military coup that banned the existing political parties, Hikmet Çetin became an advisor in planning to the Government of Yemen.

He returned to politics following his election to the parliament in 1987 as deputy of Diyarbakır from the Social Democratic Populist Party (Turkish: Sosyal Demokrat Halkçı Parti, SHP), the successor of the banned Republican People's Party. He served in the board of SHP and became its Secretary General. Hikmet Çetin was elected in 1991 for the third time to Parliament as deputy of Gaziantep from SHP.

He was appointed in 1991 Minister of Foreign Affairs in the coalition cabinet of Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel. He kept his seat in the coalition cabinet of Tansu Çiller, who took over the government leadership from Demirel after his rise to the Presidency. Hikmet Çetin resigned from his post on 27 July 1994.

In 1995, the two left wing parties, SHP and CHP decided to merge, and their general assemblies agreed on the leadership of Hikmet Çetin. He was elected chairman on 18 February 1995. At the party convention held on 9 September 1995 he did not run for the chair of the Republican People's Party again, and resigned.

Hikmet Çetin retook his seat in the Parliament in the 1995 general elections and was elected as the Speaker of the Parliament on 16 October 1997 and occupied this position until 18 April 1999.

## Diplomatic duty

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He was appointed on 19 November 2003 as NATO Secretary General's first Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan, the highest-level political representative of NATO in this country, where it has held the command of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) since 11 August 2003. On 26 January 2004 he took office in Kabul, and served two consecutive terms until 24 August 2006.[5]

## After politics

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Since 2013, Çetin has been a Member of the Global Leadership Foundation, chaired by FW de Klerk, an organisation that works to support democratic leadership, prevent and resolve conflict through mediation and promote good governance in the form of democratic institutions, open markets, human rights and the rule of law. It does so by making available, discreetly and in confidence, the experience of former leaders to today’s national leaders. It is a not-for-profit organisation composed of former heads of government, senior governmental and international organization officials who work closely with heads of government on governance-related issues of concern to them.

## Personal life

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Hikmet Çetin is of Kurdish descent,[6] and is married to İnci Çetin, and they have two children.

## See also

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* List of Turkish diplomats

## References

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* Who is who Archived 2019-09-19 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish)
* Prime Ministry of Turkey (in Turkish)
* Who is who at NATO?

1. ^ Profile of Hikmet Çetin
2. ^ Hikmet Çetin (in Turkish)
3. ^ Eski CHP Genel Başkanı Çetin: Suriye güvende olursa Türkiye güvende olur (in Turkish)
4. ^ "Hikmet Çetin'in Afganistan görevi (8 Aralık 2003 tarihli Hürriyet gazetesi)". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2008.
5. ^ Appointment of NATO Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan, 19 November 2003
6. ^ "Türkiye'nin Kürt Sorunu - 11". "Hikmet Çetin de Kürt kökenlidir"

## External links

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* Photos of Çetin's departure in Kabul

Political offices

Preceded by

Necmettin Erbakan
Alparslan Türkeş

|  Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
3 October 1978-12 November 1979  | Succeeded by

Zeyyat Baykara
Turgut Özal

Preceded by

Safa Giray

|  Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey
21 November 1991-27 July 1994  | Succeeded by

Mümtaz Soysal

Preceded by

Murat Karayalçın

|  Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
27 March 1995-5 October 1995  | Succeeded by

Deniz Baykal

Preceded by

Mustafa Kalemli

|  Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey
16 October 1997-18 April 1999  | Succeeded by

Yıldırım Akbulut

Party political offices
Preceded by

Deniz Baykal

|  Leader of the Republican's People Party
18 February 1995-9 September 1995  | Succeeded by

Deniz Baykal

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Preceded by

newly established

|  NATO Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan
19 November 2003-24 August 2006  | Succeeded by

Daan W. Everts

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* Mesut Yılmaz (1987–90)
* Ali Bozer (1990)
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* Safa Giray (1991)
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* Bülent Ecevit
* Deniz Baykal
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* Deniz Baykal
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* Deniz Baykal
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* Özgür Özel

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* Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
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* Ali Fuat Cebesoy
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* Sırrı Atalay
* İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil

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* Fuat Sirmen
* Ferruh Bozbeyli
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* Kemal Güven
* Cahit Karakaş

Consultative Assembly
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* Sadi Irmak

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Büyük Millet Meclisi
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* Necmettin Karaduman
* Yıldırım Akbulut
* İsmet Kaya Erdem
* Hüsamettin Cindoruk
* İsmet Sezgin
* Mustafa Kalemli
* Hikmet Çetin
* Ömer İzgi
* Bülent Arınç
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* Mehmet Ali Şahin
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* İsmail Kahraman
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* Hikmet Bayur
* Adnan Menderes
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1960–80|

* Ekrem Alican
* Ragıp Gümüşpala
* Ahmet Oğuz
* Mehmet Ali Aybar
* Süleyman Demirel
* Alparslan Türkeş
* Turhan Feyzioğlu
* Hüseyin Balan
* Mustafa Timisi
* Ferruh Bozbeyli
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* Kemal Satır

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* Mesut Yılmaz
* Doğu Perinçek
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* Murat Karayalçın
* Deniz Baykal
* Hikmet Çetin
* Devlet Bahçeli
* Recai Kutan
* Altan Öymen
* Ahmet Türk
* Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
* İsmail Cem İpekçi
* Zeki Sezer
* Yaşar Nuri Öztürk
* Masum Türker
* Süleyman Soylu
* Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu
* Numan Kurtulmuş
* Selahattin Demirtaş
* Ahmet Davutoğlu
* Binali Yıldırım
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* Meral Akşener
* Fatih Erbakan
* Ali Babacan
* Muharrem İnce
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* Özgür Özel

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