Mustafa Demir ( b

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) is a Turkish politician, a

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, the former

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under Prime Minister

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, and the founder and former chairman of the ruling AK Party's Samsun Province chapter.

Biography

Early life and education

He was born in the

Black Sea Region The Black Sea Region ( tr, Karadeniz Bölgesi) is a geographical region of Turkey. The largest city in the region is Samsun. Other big cities are Trabzon, Ordu, Tokat, Giresun, Rize, Amasya and Sinop. It is bordered by the Marmara Region ...

town of Şalpazarı in

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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

, Mustafa Demir matriculated in 1979 at

Karadeniz Technical University Karadeniz Technical University ( tr, Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi or KTÜ) is a public research university in Trabzon, in the Black Sea Region of Turkey. Established in 1955, it is the fourth oldest university in Turkey. Karadeniz Technical ...

and graduated in 1983 with a degree in

architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing buildings ...

Career

He 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

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, he founded the AK Party

Samsun Samsun, historically known as Sampsounta ( gr, Σαμψούντα) and Amisos (Ancient Greek: Αμισός), is a city on the north coast of Turkey and is a major Black Sea port. In 2021, Samsun recorded a population of 710,000 people. The cit ...

chapter. He was elected as an MP from the party in the 3rd order in

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 General elections were held in Turkey on 22 July 2007 to elect 550 members to the Grand National Assembly. Originally scheduled for November, the elections were brought forward after parliament failed to elect a new president to replace Ahmet ...

, and was appointed as

in 2009, holding the post until 2011. He re-entered the Grand National Assembly of Turkey as the 24th Term Samsun Deputy. He was elected as Samsun Metropolitan Municipality

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Mayor of Samsun

As Mayor of Samsun, Mustafa Demir has advocated for several major development projects including the renovation of

Samsun Saathane Square Saathane Square is a public square in Samsun's Ilkadim district and takes its name from the Samsun Clock Tower which is located in the center of the square. Along with Republic Square (Samsun), it is one of two important and historical squares ...

, the Samsun waterfront and the construction of the Samsun National Garden. His administration has also overseen the construction of multiple underground and road infrastructure projects.

Marital status

He is married and has 5 children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Demir, Musafa 1961 births Living people Government ministers of Turkey Deputies of Samsun Justice and Development Party (Turkey) politicians Ministers of Public Works of Turkey Members of the 24th Parliament of Turkey Members of the 60th government of Turkey