Mehmet Mehdi Eker
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Mehdi Eker | |
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Minister of Food, Agriculture and Livestock | |
In office 2 June 2005 – 28 August 2015 | |
Prime Minister | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Ahmet Davutoğlu |
Preceded by | Sami Güçlü |
Succeeded by | Kutbettin Arzu |
Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
Assumed office 8 July 2018 | |
Constituency | Diyarbakır (2018) |
In office 19 November 2002 – 7 June 2015 | |
Constituency | Diyarbakır (2002, 2007, 2011) |
Personal details | |
Born | Bismil, Diyarbakır, Turkey | 1 January 1956
Political party | Justice and Development Party |
Spouse | Yasemin Eker |
Alma mater | Ankara University |
Mehmet Mehdi Eker is a Turkish politician who served as the Minister of Food, Agriculture and Livestock of Turkey from 2005 to 2015. He was a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Diyarbakır from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) between 2002 and 2015.
A veterinarian and agro-economist he had a career as a civil servant in the ministry of agriculture before entering politics at the age of 46.
As minister of Agriculture he has had to deal with issues including:
- The bird flu epidemic of 2005, in which he made a statement that it was safe to eat cooked chicken and then famously refused to do so on television.[1]
- Adjusting food control regulations to comply with EU norms, including recategorising pork and horse meat as suitable for human consumption.[2]
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- Living people
- Government ministers of Turkey
- Turkish people of Kurdish descent
- Justice and Development Party (Turkey) politicians
- Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 3rd Class
- Deputies of Diyarbakır
- Members of the 24th Parliament of Turkey
- Members of the 23rd Parliament of Turkey
- Members of the 22nd Parliament of Turkey
- Members of the 26th Parliament of Turkey
- 1956 births
- Members of the 60th government of Turkey