Kemal Derviş Politician

Kemal Derviş (Turkish pronunciation: [keˈmal deɾviʃ]; born 10 January 1949) is a Turkish economist and politician, and former head of the United Nations Development Programme. He was honored by the government of Japan for having "contributed to mainstreaming Japan's development assistance policy through the United Nations." In 2005, he was ranked 67th in the Top 100 Public Intellectuals Poll conducted by Prospect and Foreign Policy magazines. He is currently Vice President and Director of the Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institution.

Personal facts

Birth date	January 10, 1949
Birth place	Istanbul
Nationality	Turkish people
Education	Princeton University London School of Economics

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Office holder

office	Minister of State for Economic Affairs Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme
party	Republican People's Party (Turkey)
prime minister	Bülent Ecevit
region	Istanbul
successor	Helen Clark Masum Türker