Mehmet Özhaseki MP |
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Minister of Environment and Urban Planning | |
Assumed office 24 May 2016 |
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Prime Minister | Binali Yıldırım |
Preceded by | Fatma Güldemet Sarı |
Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
Assumed office 7 June 2015 |
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Constituency | Kayseri (Jun 2015, Nov 2015) |
Mayor of Kayseri | |
In office 23 June 1998 – 10 February 2015 |
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Preceded by | Şükrü Karatepe |
Succeeded by | Mustafa Çelik |
Mayor of Melikgazi | |
In office 27 March 1994 – 23 June 1998 |
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Preceded by | Şevket Bahçecioğlu |
Succeeded by | Memduh Büyükkılıç |
Personal details | |
Born | 1957 Kayseri, Turkey |
Nationality | Turkish |
Occupation | Politician |
Mehmet Özhaseki, (born 25 May 1957, Kayseri, Turkey) is a Turkish politician of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and the current Minister of Environment and Urban Planning since 24 May 2016. He is a former Mayor of Kayseri.
Mehmet Özhaseki was born in Kayseri, turkey on 25 May 1957. Özhaseki began his education in Kayseri and went on to study electronic engineering at Hacettepe University. He completed his education at the Istanbul University Faculty of Law.
He was elected to the Melikgazi Municipality in the March 1994 elections. In the 2004 elections he was elected Mayor of Kayseri with 72% of the vote. According to Christopher Caldwell, he attributes his success to "good government". He stood again in the March 2009 election and was re-elected as Mayor of Kayseri.
Özhaseki was elected as a Justice and Development Party (AKP) Member of Parliament for Ankara's Kayseri in the June 2015 general election. He was re-elected in November 2015. He was appointed as the Minister of Environment and Urban Planning in the 65th government of Turkey by Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım on 24 November 2015.