Serdar Çam is a

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bureaucrat who is currently the president of

Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency ( tr, Türk İşbirliği ve Koordinasyon İdaresi Başkanlığı, ) is a government department subordinate to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Turkey). Focusing on development cooperation, TİK ...

since his appointment in 2011.

Early years

Çam was born in

Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...

, Turkey. His father was a

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for the Ministry of Foreign Affair of Turkey, so he moved to Libya and then to France where he completed his primary education. He moved to

Nicosia Nicosia ( ; el, Λευκωσία, Lefkosía ; tr, Lefkoşa ; hy, Նիկոսիա, romanized: ''Nikosia''; Cypriot Arabic: Nikusiya) is the largest city, capital, and seat of government of Cyprus. It is located near the centre of the Mesaor ...

as his father was assigned to the Embassy of Turkey to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

Education

Çam completed his secondary education at the

Türk Maarif Koleji Türk Maarif Koleji (), commonly referred to as Kolej, is a selective secondary education institute in Nicosia, Northern Cyprus. Access to the school is only open to students with top score in a nationwide entrance exam. It is an English-medium sch ...

. He received his bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the

Middle East Technical University Middle East Technical University (commonly referred to as METU; in Turkish language, Turkish, ''Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi'', ODTÜ) is a public university, public Institute of technology, technical university located in Ankara, Turkey. The ...

. He earned a master's degree in management from the

Boston University Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but has a historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1839 by Methodists with its original campu ...

, followed up by a PhD in international marketing from the Marmara University.

Career

Upon the completion of his education, Çam worked as a high level executive for numerous companies and lectured at the

Fatih University Fatih University ( tr, Fatih Üniversitesi) was a leading private (foundation) university located in the metropolitan Büyükçekmece district of Istanbul, Turkey. Founded in 1996, the university was closed by the Turkish government in July 2016 ...

He was appointed by

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician serving as the List of presidents of Turkey, 12th and current president of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as prime minister of Turkey from 2003 to 2014 and as Lis ...

, then-

Prime Minister of Turkey The prime minister of the Republic of Turkey (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Başbakanı'') was the head of government of the Republic of Turkey from 1920 to 2018, who led a political coalition in the Grand National Assembly of ...

, to be the ''Chief of Cabinet'' of his Office in the

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in September 2002. He became the Chief of Cabinet for the

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in August 2009, during the tenure of

Mehmet Ali Şahin Mehmet Ali Şahin (born 16 September 1950) is a Turkish politician. He was the Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey from 2009 to 2011. He was a member of the parliament for three terms from Istanbul Province and from Antalya Province of the ru ...

. He was appointed by Prime Minister

Binali Yıldırım Binali Yıldırım (; born 20 December 1955) is a Turkish politician who served as the 27th and last Prime Minister of Turkey from 2016 to 2018 and Speaker of the Grand National Assembly from 2018 to 2019. He was Leader of the Justice and Dev ...

, to be the president of

on June 5, 2011. Serdar Çam is a member of the executive committee of Yunus Emre Institute and a member of the board of trustees of Ahmet Yesevi University since May 9, 2015.

Personal life

Serdar Çam is married to Lütfiye Selva Çam who is currently serving her second term as a

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for Ankara. He met with

, now the

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through a common friend and was later employed by him. It is claimed that he is amongst the closest people to Erdoğan. Çam is fluent in English, French and German. Çam is a member of

Independent Industrialists and Businessmen Association Independent Industrialists and Businessmen Association ( tr, Müstakil Sanayici ve İşadamları Derneği, MÜSİAD), is a non-governmental organization. According to 2021 records, MÜSİAD has 89 contact points in Turkey, 255 contact points in 73 ...

(MÜSİAD). He served as the Deputy Secretary General of MÜSİAD from 1996 to 1999.

References

External links

Profile in Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency website

Profile in the Ahmet Yesevi University website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cam, Serdar Turkish civil servants Living people Türk Maarif Koleji alumni 1966 births Turkish expatriates in Northern Cyprus People from North Nicosia People from Ankara Boston University School of Management alumni Marmara University alumni Middle East Technical University alumni