Turkey's former deputy PM Elvan replaces Berat Albayrak as finance minister
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Turkey's former deputy prime minister Lutfi Elvan has been appointed as the new treasury and finance minister of the country. Elvan will replace President Tayyip Erdogan's son-in-law Berat Albayrak as the finance minister. Albayrak surprised everyone by resigning from his post late Sunday for health reasons. President Erdogan officially accepted his resignation on Monday. Elvan was development minister between 2016 and 2018.