Yaşar Yakış
Yaşar Yakış | |
|---|---|
Yakış in 2010 | |
| 39th Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 18 November 2002 – 14 March 2003 | |
| Prime Minister | Abdullah Gül |
| Preceded by | Şükrü Sina Gürel |
| Succeeded by | Abdullah Gül |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
| In office 3 November 2002 – 12 June 2011 | |
| Constituency | Düzce (2002, 2007) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 August 1938 Akçakoca, Düzce, Turkey |
| Died | 26 June 2024 (aged 85) |
| Political party | Justice and Development Party |
| Alma mater | Ankara University |
Yaşar Yakış (1 August 1938 – 26 June 2024) was a Turkish politician. He was a Foreign Minister, and an ambassador to the UN Office in Vienna, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. From 2002 to 2011 he represented Düzce as an MP in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. He was a member of the Justice and Development Party, the leading political party in Turkey at the moment and he was the chair of the European Union Harmonization Committee of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. He received the French Légion of Honour (Officer Medal on 2 December 2009).