Müslüm Doğan MP |
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Minister of Development | |
In office 28 August 2015 – 22 September 2015 |
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Prime Minister | Ahmet Davutoğlu |
Preceded by | Cevdet Yılmaz |
Succeeded by | Cüneyd Düzyol |
Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
Assumed office 7 June 2015 |
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Constituency | İzmir (II) (June 2015, Nov 2015) |
Personal details | |
Born |
Divriği, Sivas Province, Turkey |
October 15, 1959
Nationality | Turkey |
Political party | Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) |
Alma mater |
Selçuk University Gazi University |
Occupation | Politician |
Cabinet | 63rd |
Religion | Alevi Islam |
Müslüm Doğan (born 15 October 1959) is a Turkish politician who served as the Minister of Development in the interim election government formed by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu on 28 August 2015. He was elected as a Member of Parliament for İzmir's second electoral district in the June 2015 general election. He is a member of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP). On 22 September 2015, he resigned from the interim election cabinet and was succeeded by Cüneyd Düzyol.
Müslüm Doğan was born in Divriği, Sivas Province, on 15 October 1959. He graduated from Selçuk University Faculty of Engineering and received a master's degree from Gazi University Department of Urban Planning. Doğan spent much of his career in the Civil Service, working for the Social Security Institution (SGK) as a branch manager and deputy bureau chairman. He retired from the SGK in 2012.
Doğan has also participated in the Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects (TMMOB) as an executive board member for the Chamber of Surveying Engineers. He was also the President of the Divriği Association and the Pir Sultan Abdal Association. He has written numerous articles regarding his career and also on the topic of Alevism.
Doğan was one of the founding members of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in 2012 and served on the party's first Central Executive Committee. In the June 2015 general election, he was elected as a HDP Member of Parliament for İzmir's second electoral district.