Former prime minister Mehmet Şükrü Saracoğlu’s grandson and former Central Bank President, economist Rushdu Saracoglu, 77 -year -old died of heart disease.
Between 1987 and 1993, Saracoğlu was the President of the Central Bank.
WHO IS RÜŞDÜ SARACOĞLU?
Rüşdü Saracoğlu was born in 1948 in Ankara. After graduating from Ankara Atatürk High School, he graduated from METU Department of Economics and Statistics. In 1980, he received a doctoral degree from the Department of Economics at Minnesota University. He worked as a lecturer at Minnesota and Boston College.
He served as an economist at the IMF, the Central Bank Presidency, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Macro Consultancy, XX. He served as a deputy of Izmir and the state ministry. Rüşdü Saracoğlu, who is married to Nurdan Saracoğlu, is the father of Aslı Saracoğlu.
The grandson of former Prime Minister Mehmet Şükrü Saracoğlu was the son of Hüseyin Aydın Saracoğlu, the former Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Appeals.
Koç Holding served as the President of Banking and Insurance Group. He retired on 31 December 2007. After Koç Holding, Allianz Sigorta A.Ş. and Allianz Hayat ve Emeklilik A.Ş. He served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors and left his business life in 2013.
