İsmail Cem

İsmail Cem
Cem, as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, 2001
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
30 June 1997 – 11 July 2002
Prime MinisterMesut Yılmaz,
Bülent Ecevit
Preceded byTansu Çiller
Succeeded byŞükrü Sina Gürel
Minister of Culture of Turkey
In office
7 July 1995 – 26 October 1995
Prime MinisterTansu Çiller
Preceded byErcan Karakaş
Succeeded byKöksal Toptan
Personal details
Born(1940-02-15)15 February 1940
Died24 January 2007(2007-01-24) (aged 66)
Istanbul, Turkey
PartyCHP (1958-1980, 1992-1995)
SDP (1983-1985)
SHP (1985-1992)
DSP (1995-2002)
YTP (2002-2004)
SDHP (2004-2007)
SpouseElçin Trak
Children2
Parent(s)Ihsan İpekçi
Şerife Rikkat İpekçi
RelativesAbdi İpekçi (cousin)
Cemil İpekçi (cousin)
EducationRobert College
Alma materUniversity of Lausanne (LLB)
Sciences Po Paris (MA)
ProfessionJournalist, politician, writer, statesman
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İsmail Cem (born İsmail Cem İpekçi, 15 February 1940 – 24 January 2007) was a Turkish centre-leftist politician, intellectual, writer, author and journalist who served as the Minister of Culture of Turkey from July 7 to October 26, 1995, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey from June 30, 1997 to July 11, 2002.