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Ali Rana Tarhan<br />
1948-1952<br />
Mr. Ali Rana Tarhan served as a member of the Standing Commission from August 1948 until<br />
August 1952. Prior to joining the Standing Commission, he was the President of the Turkish<br />
Red Crescent. He graduated from Mekteb-i Sultânî (Galatasaray High school) in 1900, where<br />
he learned French, German and English. Mr Tarhan started to work as an officer in the<br />
Ministry of Postal and Telegraph Postal Affairs Department in 1902 after working as a<br />
Turkish teacher in Mekteb-i Sultânî and as a clerk in the Ministry of Education Corresponding<br />
Secretariat. Following various different government departments, he was elected as a<br />
member of the parliament from Canik (Samsun) in the 3 rd term of the Turkish Grand National<br />
Assembly in 1927. In a short amount of time, he became the Head of the Financial<br />
Commission. He participated at the International Parliaments Commercial Conference, which<br />
was held in Paris in 1928 on behalf of the Turkish Grand National Assembly. He was<br />
appointed as the first Minister to the Ministry of Customs and Monopoly, which was<br />
established during Ismet Inonu’s term as the Prime Minister, and unremittingly continued his<br />
position from 1931 to 1939. He continued to work in several different positions before his<br />
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