Mustafa Demir

Mustafa Demir
Minister of Public Works and Housing
In office
1 May 2009  6 July 2011
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by Faruk Nafiz Özak
Succeeded by Erdoğan Bayraktar
Member of Parliament
for Samsun Province
Assumed office
3 November 2002
Personal details
Born (1961-01-18) 18 January 1961
Trabzon, Turkey
Nationality Turkish
Political party Justice and Development Party (AKP)
Spouse(s) İmuhhan Demir

Mustafa Demir (born 18 January 1961) is a Turkish politician, a member of parliament, the former Minister of Public Works and Housing under Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and the founder and former chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party's Samsun Province chapter.

He was born in the Black Sea Region town of Şalpazarı (Ağasar) in Trabzon Province 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, Mustafa Demir matriculated in 1979 at Trabzon Karadeniz Technical University and graduated in 1983 with a degree in architecture.[1]

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 2001, he founded the Justice and Development Party's Samsun Province chapter. He was elected as an MP from the party in the 3rd order in Samsun Province 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 is married and has 5 children.[1]

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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
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