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7th Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey from 1947 to 1949
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Hasan Saka
7th Prime Minister of Turkey
In office
10 September 1947 – 16 January 1949
Presidentİsmet İnönü
Preceded byRecep Peker
Succeeded byŞemsettin Günaltay
Member of the Grand National Assembly
In office
28 June 1923 – 2 May 1954
ConstituencyTrabzon (1923, 1927, 1931, 1935, 1939, 1943, 1946, 1950)
Personal details
Born1885
Trabzon, Ottoman Empire
Died29 July 1960(1960-07-29) (aged 74–75)
Istanbul, Turkey
Political partyRepublican People's Party
Alma materMekteb-i Mülkiye

Hasan Hüsnü Saka (1885 – 29 July 1960) was a Turkish politician, minister of foreign affairs, and prime minister of Turkey.

Political career

Hasan Saka in the 1920s

He graduated from "Mülkiye Mektebi" (School of Civil Service) in 1908. Hasan Saka started working for government in "Divan-ı Muhasebat" (Council of Accounts). He was sent to France 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 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 from Trabzon 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.

References

  1. T. A. Votichenko (October 1948). "Developments of the Quarter: Comment and Chronology". The Middle East Journal. 2 (4): 467. JSTOR 4322013.

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Political offices
Preceded byAbdülhalik Renda Minister of Finance
3 March 1925 – 13 July 1926 		Succeeded byAbdülhalik Renda
Preceded byNuman Menemencioğlu Minister of Foreign Affairs
13 September 1944 – 10 September 1947 		Succeeded byNecmettin Sadak
Preceded byMünir Birsel Minister of National Defense (acting)
5 June 1948 – 10 June 1948 		Succeeded byHüseyin Hüsnü Çakır
Preceded byMehmet Recep Peker Prime Minister of Turkey
10 September 1947 – 16 January 1949 		Succeeded byŞemsettin Günaltay
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*Acting Minister
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(1920–1960)
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Temsilciler Meclisi
(1961)
Grand National Assembly
in period of Bicameralism
Büyük Millet Meclisi
Çift Meclisli Dönemde
(1961–1980)
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National Assembly
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Consultative Assembly
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(1981–1983)
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(since 1983)
Interim speakers of the parliament
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(1920–1923)
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(1923–2018)
Italics denote acting prime ministers.


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