Mahmut Özer (born 5 May 1970) is a Turkish politician, academic, former Bulent Ecevit University rector, former

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president and former Minister of National Education.

Life

Born in Tokat in 1970, Özer graduated from Tokat Imam Hatip High School in 1988. He graduated from

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Electronics and Communication Engineering Department in 1992. After working as an Electronics Engineer at Dalaman Airport, General Directorate of State Airports Authority between 1992 and 1994, he worked as a lecturer at Gaziosmanpaşa University Tokat Vocational School between 1994 and 2002. Having completed his doctorate at

Karadeniz Technical University Karadeniz Technical University ( or KTÜ) is a public research university located in Trabzon, in the Black Sea Region of Turkey. Established in 1955, it is the fourth oldest university in the country. As a public institution, it operates under ...

, Institute of Science, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering in 2001, Özer started to work as an assistant professor at Zonguldak Karaelmas University (Bülent Ecevit University) Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering in 2002. He received the title of associate professor in 2005 and professor in 2010 at the same university. While he has been working as the vice rector since 2009, he was appointed as the rector of Zonguldak Karaelmas University after he came first in the rectorate elections held in 2010. Özer, who also won the rectorate elections in 2014, was re-elected. He was appointed as the rector of Bulent Ecevit University. Between 1 August 2015 and 1 August 2016 he served as the President of the Interuniversity Board. He continued his duty as the chief editor of the Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences, which was published by

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and scanned within the scope of Science Citation Index (SCI) since October 2014, and as the Deputy Chairman of the Vocational Qualifications Institution as the Council of Higher Education representative from 15 October 2015. He was appointed as the Deputy Minister of National Education on 8 August 2018. He was appointed as the Minister of National Education, replacing

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, with the appointment decision published in the

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on 6 August 2021. In the

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, he was elected to the

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Ordu Ordu () or Altınordu is a port city on the Black Sea coast of Turkey and the capital of Ordu Province. The city forms the urban part of the Altınordu, Ordu, Altınordu district, with a population of 235,096 in 2023. Name Kotyora, the origina ...

for the Justice and Development Party.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ozer, Mahmut 1970 births Living people Ministers of national education of Turkey Members of the 66th government of Turkey Turkish engineering academics Turkish electrical engineers Members of the 28th Parliament of Turkey Justice and Development Party (Turkey) politicians Deputies of Ordu