Fuat Ağralı

Ali Fuat Ağralı (1877–1957) was a former Turkish politician.

Fuat Ağralı
Fuat Ağralı in the 1930s
Ministry of Finance
In office
3 February 1934 – 13 September 1944
Prime Ministerİsmet İnönü
Celal Bayar
Refik Saydam
Şükrü Saracoğlu
Preceded byAbdülhalik Renda
Succeeded byNazmi Keşmir
Personal details
Born1877
Agra, Lesbos,Ottoman Empire
DiedMay 11, 1957(1957-05-11) (aged 79–80)
İzmir, Turkey
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionFinancier

Early years

He was born in 1877 in Agra village of the Greek island Lesbos, then a part of the Ottoman Empire (whence he later adopted his surname, Ağralı, "of Agra"). He graduated from the Faculty of Political Sciences in 1903 and the Faculty of Law in 1908 both in İstanbul.

During his early years he translated an Arabic book to Turkish and he was praised by Ahmet Mithat, an important Ottoman journalist.[1]

Politics

During the Turkish War of Independence, he joined the nationalist forces. During the Lausanne Conference (1922–23), he was a member of the Turkish delegation.[2] He served as the accountant of the delegation. During the Republican age, he was elected Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy from İstanbul (1923–33) and Elazığ Provinces (1933–50). On 3 February 1934 he was appointed as the Minister of Finance in the 7th government of Turkey.[3] He kept this post in the 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th and the 14th government of Turkey up to 13 September 1944.[4]

Later years

After the ministral years he continued as a CHP MP in the parliament up to 1950 when CHP was defeated in the elections. He died on 11 May 1957 in İzmir.

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References
  1. Biograph page (in Turkish)
  2. List of delegation by Hüseyin Vural(in Turkish)
  3. Parliament page (7th government)
  4. Parliament page (14th government)
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