Bülent Tüfenkci MP |
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Minister of Customs and Trade | |
Assumed office 24 November 2015 |
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Prime Minister |
Ahmet Davutoğlu Binali Yıldırım |
Preceded by | Cenap Aşçı |
Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
Assumed office 7 June 2015 |
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Constituency | Malatya (June 2015, Nov 2015) |
Personal details | |
Born |
Yeşilyurt, Malatya, Turkey |
January 1, 1966
Nationality | Turkish |
Political party | Justice and Development Party (AKP) |
Alma mater | Ankara University |
Occupation | Lawyer, politician |
Cabinet | 64th, 65th |
Website | bulenttufenkci.com.tr |
Bülent Tüfenkci (born 1 January 1966) is a Turkish politician from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) who currently serves as the Minister of Customs and Trade since 24 November 2015 in the third government of Ahmet Davutoğlu. He is also a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Malatya since 7 June 2015. His surname is sometimes spelt 'Tüfekçi', without an 'n'.
Bülent Tüfenkci was born in Yeşilyurt, Malatya Province on 1 January 1966. He completed his primary education there and graduated from Yeşilyurt Imam Hatip school, before going on to study at the Ankara University Faculty of Law. After graduating from university in 1984, Tüfenkci completed a masters degree, specialising in customs law.
Tüfenkci participated in the establishment of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) Malatya branch, serving in numerous positions until 2011. He became the provincial President of the AKP's Malatya Branch in 2011, serving until 2015. He was elected as a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Malatya in the June 2015 general election and was re-elected in the November 2015 general election.