Vural Arıkan (1929–3 August 1993) was a Turkish economist, lawyer and politician who was the minister of finance for one year from 1983 to 1984.
[1] Arıkan completed his secondary education at Trabzon High School in 1949.
[2] Arıkan started his political career in 1983 when he was involved in the establishment of the Motherland Party.
[4] The same year Arıkan won a seat for the Motherland Party from İzmir in the general election and became a member of the Parliament during the 17th term.
[5] Arıkan's tenure ended on 26 October 1984 when he was removed from office upon the request of Kenan Evren, military president.
[7] In 1994 Recep Tayyip Erdoğan claimed that Vural Arıkan was drunk when he was serving at the Parliament.