Kenan İpek
| Kenan İpek | |
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| Minister of Justice | |
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In office 7 March 2015 – 17 November 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Ahmet Davutoğlu |
| Deputy | Veysi Kaynak |
| Preceded by | Bekir Bozdağ |
| Succeeded by | Bekir Bozdağ |
| President of the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors | |
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In office 7 March 2015 – 24 November 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Bekir Bozdağ |
| Succeeded by | Bekir Bozdağ |
| Undersecretary to the Ministry of Justice | |
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In office 1 January 2014 – 7 March 2015 |
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| Minister | Bekir Bozdağ |
| Preceded by | Birol Erdem |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Kenan İpek 5 October 1959 Rize, Turkey |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Political party | Independent (de jure) |
| Education | Law |
| Alma mater | İstanbul University |
| Occupation | Prosecutor, Judge, Politician |
| Cabinet | 62nd, 63rd |
| Website | Government website |
Kenan İpek (born 5 October 1959) is a Turkish legal prosecutor and judge who served as the Minister of Justice of Turkey from 7 March to 17 November 2015. Having previously served as the Undersecretary to the Justice Ministry, İpek succeeded the Justice and Development Party minister Bekir Bozdağ as the Minister of Justice in accordance to Article 114 of the Turkish Constitution three months before the June 2015 general election. He is, formally, of no political affiliation, and concurrently served as the President of the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors during his time as Minister.
Born in Rize in 1959, İpek graduated from the İstanbul University Faculty of Law in 1982. In 1983, he applied to join the judiciary in İstanbul and subsequently served in numerous roles as a Prosecutor. On 12 November 1997, he joined the Ministry of Justice, becoming the Prisons Manager on 6 October 2003 and as a senior advisor to the Ministry on 26 August 2008. He served in this position until 31 December 2013, becoming the Undersecretary to the Minister on 1 January 2014.
With the Constitution requiring that the serving partisan Minister should vacate his position to his or her Undersecretary at least three months before a general election, İpek took over from Bekir Bozdağ as Minister of Justice on 7 March 2015 and is due to serve until a new government is formed after the election. As the Minister of Justice, İpek concurrently serves as the President of the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors. The other ministers who replaced partisan ministers due to the constitutional requirement were Sebahattin Öztürk, who replaced Efkan Ala as the Minister of the Interior and Feridun Bilgin, replacing Lütfi Elvan as the Transport, Maritime and Communications Minister.
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