Mustafa Demir

Mustafa Demir
Mustafa Demir
	File:Mustafa Demir.jpg Official portrait
Mayor of Samsun Metropolitan Municipality
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; April 11, 2019
President	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by	Zihni Şahin
Minister of Public Works and Housing
	In office; May 1, 2009 – June 6, 2011
Preceded by	Faruk Nafız Özak
Succeeded by	Erdoğan Bayraktar
Member of Parliament
Assembly Member; for Samsun (2002 - 2015)
	In office; November 2, 2002 – June 7, 2015
Personal details
Born	January 18, 1961 (age 63); Trabzon,Turkey
Political party	AK Party
Spouse	Ümmühan Demir
Education	Black Sea Technical University

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Mustafa Demir (born 18 January 1961) is a Turkish politician and the former minister of public works and housing under Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and the founder and former chairman of the ruling AK Party's Samsun Province chapter.

Early life and education

He was born in the Black Sea Region town of Şalpazarı in Trabzon into a family with 9 children. His father Hüseyin Demir was a famous coppersmith nicknamed 'Bakırcı Hüseyin' in the Şalpazarı District. Following his primary and high school education in Trabzon, Demir matriculated in 1979 at the Karadeniz Technical University and graduated in 1983 with a degree in architecture.^[1]

Career

Demir started commerce in his high school years. He was busy with copper-aluminium plate & kitchen goods fabrication and wholesaling in these years. He had his military training as a reserve officer - control engineer. He worked in private sector as a decompte definitif expert and in public sector as a control engineer. He has been working as a building contractor, architect, and durable consumer goods tradesman since 1991. On 29 September 2001, he founded the AK Party's Samsun chapter. He was elected as an MP from the party in the 3rd order in Samsun in the 2002 Turkish general election.

He was reelected as MP for the second time in the 1st order, once again from Samsun Province, in the 2007 Turkish general election, and was appointed as minister of public works and housing in 2009, holding the post until 2011.^[2]

He re-entered the Grand National Assembly of Turkey as the 24th term Samsun deputy. He was elected as Samsun Metropolitan Municipality mayor in 2019 Turkish local elections.

In the 2023 Turkish parliamentary election he was elected from the Istanbul's second district.

Mayor of Samsun

As Mayor of Samsun,Demir has advocated for several major development projects including the renovation of Samsun Saathane Square, the Samsun waterfront and the construction of the Samsun National Garden.^[3] His administration has also overseen the construction of multiple underground and road infrastructure projects.

Personal life

He is married and has 5 children.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Ali Babacan Becomes Minister in Charge of Coordination of Turkish Economy". Turkish Weekly. 1 May 2009. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
^ "PM Erdoğan announces major Cabinet reshuffle". Today's Zaman. 3 May 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Mustafa Demir | Samsun Büyükşehir Belediye Başkanı".

Political offices
Preceded by Faruk Nafız Özak	Minister of Public Works and Housing 1 May 2009 – 6 July 2011	Succeeded by Erdoğan Bayraktar as Minister of Environment and Urban Planning

[turkishweekly20090501-1] "Ali Babacan Becomes Minister in Charge of Coordination of Turkish Economy". Turkish Weekly. 1 May 2009. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2010.

[2] "PM Erdoğan announces major Cabinet reshuffle". Today's Zaman. 3 May 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] "Mustafa Demir | Samsun Büyükşehir Belediye Başkanı".

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Cabinet
Prime Minister	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (2003–2014)
Deputy Prime Ministers	Cemil Çiçek (2007–2011) Hayati Yazıcı (2007–2009) Bülent Arınç (2009–2011) Nazım Ekren (2007–2009) Ali Babacan (2009–2011)
Minister of State	Mehmet Aydın (2007–2011) Kürşad Tüzmen (2007-2009) Mehmet Zafer Çağlayan (2009–2011) Nimet Çubukçu (2007–2009) Selma Aliye Kavaf (2009–2011) Cevdet Yılmaz (2009–2011) Mustafa Sait Yazıcıoğlu (2007–2009) Faruk Çelik (2009–2011) Murat Başesgioğlu (2007–2009) Faruk Nafız Özak (2009–2011) Egemen Bağış (2009–2011) Hayati Yazıcı (2009–2011)
Minister of Justice	Mehmet Ali Şahin (2007–2009) Sadullah Ergin (2009–2011)
Minister of National Defense	Mehmet Vecdi Gönül (2007–2011)
Minister of the Interior	Beşir Atalay (2007–2011)
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Ali Babacan (2007–2009) Ahmet Davutoğlu (since 2009–2011)
Minister of Finance	Kemal Unakıtan (2007–2009) Mehmet Şimşek (2009–2011)
Minister of National Education	Hüseyin Çelik (2007–2009) Nimet Çubukçu (2009–2011)
Minister of Public Works and Settlement	Faruk Nafız Özak (2007-2009) Mustafa Demir (2009–2011)
Minister of Health	Recep Akdağ (2007–2011)
Minister of Transport and Communication	Binali Yıldırım (2007–2011)
Minister of Agriculture	Mehmet Mehdi Eker (2007–2011)
Minister of Labour and Social Security	Faruk Çelik (2007–2009) Ömer Dinçer (2009–2011)
Minister of Industry and Commerce	Mehmet Zafer Çağlayan (2007–2009) Nihat Ergün (2009–2011)
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources	Mehmet Hilmi Güler (2007–2009) Taner Yıldız (2009–2011)
Minister of Culture and Tourism	Ertuğrul Günay (2007–2011)
Minister of Environment and Forestry	Veysel Eroğlu (2007–2011)