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Hüseyin Avni Mutlu

Hüseyin Avni Mutlu
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20th Governor of İstanbul
In office
31 May 2010 – 25 September 2014
President Abdullah Gül
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Preceded by Muammer Güler
Succeeded by Vasip Şahin
59th Governor of Diyarbakır
In office
10 September 2007 – 31 May 2010
President Abdullah Gül
Preceded by Efkan Ala
Succeeded by Mustafa Toprak
41st Governor of Siirt
In office
18 July 2005 – 10 September 2007
President Ahmet Necdet Sezer
Abdullah Gül
Preceded by Murat Yıldırım
Succeeded by Necati Şentürk
Personal details
Born 1956 (age 60–61)
Fındıklı, Rize Province, Turkey
Nationality Turkish
Alma mater Istanbul University
Occupation Civil servant

Hüseyin Avni Mutlu (born 1956) is a Turkish civil servant. He served as the Governor of Istanbul Province between 2010 and 2014.

Hüseyin Avni Mutlu was born to a miner father in Fındıklı town of Rize Province, Turkey in 1956. He has four siblings. He completed primary education in Fatih, Istanbul.

After graduating from the Law School of Istanbul University, he was appointed candidate district governor (Turkish: kaymakam adayı) in Kocaeli Province in 1985. He then served as deputy district governor in Gerede, Bolu Province and Kargı, Çorum Province. In 1988, Mutlu was appointed district governor in Büyükorhan of Bursa province.

In 1991, he went to the USA for one year, where he was educated in English language. Following his return, he was assigned to Silopi, Şırnak Province as district governor serving until 1994. Between 1994 and 1995, he was deputy province governor in Şırnak, from 1995 to 1977 head of Habur Border Crossing Point in Silopi, and between 1997 and 2002 district governor in Eceabat, Çanakkale Province. The following year, he served as deputy province governor in Çanakkale. He was the district governor of Bağcılar in Istanbul Province from 2003 to 2005.

Mutlu is married to a now-retired teacher of history. The couple has two sons. One son studied business administration and the other was educated in law.


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